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Meaning of "ceraceous" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CERACEOUS

From Latin cēra wax.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CERACEOUS

sɪˈreɪʃəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CERACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ceraceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CERACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ceraceous in the English dictionary

The definition of ceraceous in the dictionary is waxlike or waxy.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CERACEOUS

araceous · arboraceous · burseraceous · butyraceous · camphoraceous · cichoraceous · cyperaceous · droseraceous · furfuraceous · lauraceous · oleraceous · papaveraceous · papyraceous · passifloraceous · piperaceous · stercoraceous · unveracious · veracious · voracious · zinziberaceous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CERACEOUS

ceramal · ceramic · ceramic hob · ceramic oxide · ceramicist · ceramics · ceramide · ceramist · ceramography · cerargyrite · cerasin · cerastes · cerastium · cerate · cerated · ceratin · ceratodus · ceratoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE CERACEOUS

arenaceous · argillaceous · carbonaceous · chartaceous · coriaceous · cretaceous · crustaceous · curvaceous · diatomaceous · farinaceous · gorgeous · herbaceous · micaceous · olivaceous · predaceous · proteinaceous · sebaceous · siliceous · the Cretaceous · tuffaceous · violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of ceraceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ceraceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CERACEOUS

Find out the translation of ceraceous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ceraceous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ceraceous» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

ceraceous
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ceraceous
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ceraceous
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ceraceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شمعي الشكل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

восковидное
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ceraceous
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ceraceous
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ceraceous
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ceria
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

wachsartige
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ceraceous
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

ceraceous
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ceruteous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ceraceous
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மெழுகு போன்ற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मेजाच्या आकाराचा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ceraceous
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ceraceous
65 millions of speakers
pl

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ceraceous
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

воскоподібна
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ceraceous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ceraceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ceraceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ceraceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ceraceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ceraceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CERACEOUS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of ceraceous
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ceraceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CERACEOUS»

Discover the use of ceraceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ceraceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert
Pinnules noticeably scaly, hairy, or tomentose at least on midveins beneath: Stipes and lower surface of pinnules scaly: Scales on stipes and rachises strongly sinuate, entire; pinnae scaly only on midveins, ceraceous elsewhere beneath, ...
Forrest Shreve, Ira Loren Wiggins, 1964
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Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, ...
Basidiome annual, effused, arachnoid, hypochnoid, pellicular, (sub) membranaceous or ceraceous. Hymenial surface smooth, sometimes discontinuous. Hyphal system monomitic. Subicular hyphae hyaline or brownish, thin- to thick-walled, ...
B. Sneh, 1996
3
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
The materials for injecting these vessels are only quicksilver, and the ceraceous or coarse injection of anatomists ; the former being always used in injecting the lymphatics and laeteals, it being almost impossible to fill them with another fluid in ...
4
Flowering Plants and Ferns of Arizona
... ovate-oblong, coarsely grayish-hirsute-tomentose above, buff- tomentose beneath. _ 4. N. pabryi. 3. Pinnae glabrous or minutely glandular-pulverulent above, ceraceous beneath except in N. jonesii, sparsely paleaceous also in N. grayi (5).
Thomas Henry Kearney, Robert Hibbs Peebles, 1942
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The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province
Basidiocarp gymnocarpic, resupinate to bulliform or auriculate, sessile, gelatinous to ceraceous, dry or glutinous only on hymenophore. Abhymenial layer usually with hairs, the length and the amount of hairs are the taxonomic characters for ...
Zhishu Bi, Zheng Guoyang, Li Taihui, 1993
6
Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Washington, Oregon, ...
Fl. Nov. Roll. 1: 145. 1810. Small rock-loving, mainly xerophilous ferns, with glandular, densely ceraceous. paleaceous, or variously hairy foliage. Fronds uniform, the blades 1-4-pinnate and variously lobed or pinnatitid, linear to broadly deltoid ...
Le Roy Abrams, Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, 1923
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Chamomile: Industrial Profiles
4.2.1.2 Ceraceous Substances Streibel [118, 119] reported “lipidic and ceraceous substances” in a petrol ether extract of chamomile flowers. The composition was as follows: Approximately 13.0% hydrocarbons Approximately 16.0% simple ...
Rolf Franke, Heinz Schilcher, 2005
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Chamomile: Medicinal, Biochemical, and Agricultural Aspects
... Herniarin FIGURE 4.29 Umbelliferone 4.9.2 other CompoUnds In addition to the major compounds described earlier, several other useful compounds, such as polysaccharides, lipidic and ceraceous substances, and phenyl carboxylic acids, ...
Moumita Das, 2014
9
The history of the absorbent system
THE injections that are used for filling the lymphatic vessels and their trunks, are mercury, and the ceraceous or coarse injection, as it is called by anatomists ; the former is always used in injecting the lymphatics and lacteals, as it is almost ...
John Sheldon, 1784
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Flora of the Galápagos Islands
Blades rusty-tomentose beneath, not ceraceous, linear, reduced at base, longer than stipe; pinnae not basiscopically developed N. aurea Blades yellow- ceraceous beneath, not hairy, broadest at base, shorter than stipe; pinnae basiscopically ...
Ira Loren Wiggins, Duncan M. Porter, Edward F. Anderson, 1971

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CERACEOUS»

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There's a reason wild animals don't have cellulite
Therefore, in spite of the fact I was simply looking for the correct spelling of "ceraceous," the possessed light decrees I must now write about ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Oct 10»
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