Chem. [f. L. *cerōs-us waxy + -IN.] A wax-like substance obtained by scraping the surface of some kinds of sugar-cane.
c. 1865. Letheby, in Circ. Sc., I. 97/2. A wax-like substance, named cerosine by Dumas, is … obtained from the surface of many species of sugar-cane.
