Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ceraceous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ceraceous \Ce*ra"ceous\, a. [L. cera wax.]
Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ceraceous
adj : resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin";
"the ceraceous surface of the leaves" [syn: {waxlike},
{waxy}]
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