Bearing or producing wax or waxy substances.
From Latin cera (wax) + -ferous (meaning 'bearing' or 'producing'), literally meaning 'wax-bearing.' This Latin compound was used in scientific nomenclature.
Plants like bayberries are ceriferous, and people historically boiled their waxy berries to make fragrant candles—it's a renewable resource that predates petroleum by centuries!
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