Cerotin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cerotin \Cer"o*tin\, n. [See {Cerotene}.] (Chem.)
     A white crystalline substance, {C27H55.OH}, obtained from
     Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the paraffin
     series; -- called also {cerotic alcohol}, {ceryl alcohol}.
     [1913 Webster]