volatile oil
81dill oil — A volatile oil distilled from the fruit of Anethum graveolens (family Umbelliferae); a carminative. * * * dill oil n either of two essential oils derived from the common dill: a) a colorless or pale yellow oil having a sweetish acrid taste that… …
82santal oil — A volatile oil distilled from the wood of Santalum album (family Santalaceae), a tree of India; formerly used in subacute bronchitis and in gonorrhea. SYN: sandalwood oil. * * * san·tal oil sant əl n SANDALWOOD OIL …
83anise oil — n 1) a colorless or pale yellow essential oil obtained from the dried fruits of anise and used as a flavoring agent and as a carminative 2) STAR ANISE OIL * * * [NF] a volatile oil distilled from the dried, ripe fruit of Pimpinella anisum or of… …
84bitter almond oil — n 1) ALMOND OIL (1b){{}}(2) 2) BENZALDEHYDE * * * the 1. fixed oil expressed from Prunus dulcis var. amara (the bitter almond). Cf. almond o. (def. 1). the 2. volatile oil distilled from …
85cajeput oil — or cajuput oil n a pungent essential oil obtained from plants of the genus Melaleuca and esp. cajeput and used chiefly as a local application in skin disease and as a stimulating expectorant * * * a volatile oil from the fresh leaves and twigs of …
86lavender oil — lav·en·der oil lav ən dər n a colorless to yellowish aromatic essential oil obtained from the flowers of various lavenders (esp. Lavandula officinalis of the Mediterranean region) and used chiefly as a perfume and also in medicine as a stimulant… …
87cedar oil — cedarwood oil, oil of cedar wood a volatile oil from the wood of the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, used as a clearing agent in microscopical techniques; the thicker fraction is used as the immersion medium with oil immersion objectives …
88eucalyptus oil — noun an essential oil obtained from the leaves of eucalypts • Hypernyms: ↑essential oil, ↑volatile oil * * * noun : any of various essential oils obtained from the leaves of various eucalypts (as Eucalyptus globulus) and used in pharmaceutical… …
89Rosin oil — Rosin Ros in, n. [A variant of resin.] The hard, amber colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. [1913 Webster] {Rosin oil}, an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, used by painters and for… …
90origanum oil — The volatile oil (which contains carvacrol) obtained from various species of Origanum (family Labiatae); used as a rubefacient, as a constituent in veterinary liniments, and in microscopic techniques. * * * orig·a·num oil ə rig ə nəm n an… …
