Word
cerium, n.
(ceria)
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
<noun.substance>
Ce
atomic number 58
cerium
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
cerous
semantic pointers
hypernym
metal, metallic element
substance holonym
monazite
bastnasite, bastnaesite
gadolinite, ytterbite