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Cetylic
Cetylic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.
Cetylic alcohol
(Chem.)
,
a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also
cetyl alcohol
.
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