Resembling wax in appearance or texture; waxy in character or composition.
From Latin 'cereus' (made of wax, wax-like) plus English '-ous' (full of). The Latin root 'cera' means wax and appears in words like 'cereal' and 'cerate'.
The word 'cereous' captures something oddly specific—that waxy, slightly slippery texture you find on certain plant leaves or insects' wings, which often serves as a waterproof coating nature developed millions of years before humans invented plastic.
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