volatile oils
21Types of plant oils — Plant oils are oils derived from plant sources, as opposed to animal fats or petroleum.Vegetable fats and oilsVegetable fats and oils are what are most commonly called vegetable oils. These are triglyceride based, and includes cooking oils like… …
22oil — An inflammable liquid, of fatty consistency and unctuous feel, which is insoluble in water, soluble or insoluble in alcohol, and freely soluble in ether. Oils are variously classified as animal …
23essential oil — any of a class of volatile oils obtained from plants, possessing the odor and other characteristic properties of the plant, used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes, flavors, and pharmaceuticals. [1665 75] * * * Any of a class of highly… …
24Essential oil — A glass vial containing sandalwood oil An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils or aetherolea, or simply as the oil of the …
25isoprenoid — /uy seuh pree noyd/, adj. Chem. pertaining to, derived from, or similar to isoprene. [1955 60; ISOPRENE + OID] * * * or terpene Class of organic compounds made up of two or more structural units derived from isoprene. Isoprene is a five carbon… …
26Eucalyptol — Eucalyptol …
27Matricaria chamomilla — This article is about German Chamomile. For other uses, see Chamomile. Matricaria chamomilla Scientific classification Kingdom …
28Radicchio — is a leaf chicory ( Cichorium intybus , Asteraceae), sometimes known as Italian chicory. It is grown as a leaf vegetable which usually has white veined red leaves. It has a bitter and spicy taste, which mellows when it is grilled or roasted. It… …
29alcohol — /al keuh hawl , hol /, n. 1. Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water miscible liquid, C2H5OH, having an etherlike odor and pungent, burning taste, the intoxicating… …
30Essential — Es*sen tial ([e^]s*s[e^]n sjal), a. [Cf. F. essentiel. See {Essence}.] 1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is. [1913 Webster] Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever in it an… …
