- cajeput oil, cajuput oil
- A volatile oil distilled from the fresh leaves of Cajuputi viridiflora, a tree of tropical Asia and Australia; a stimulant, counterirritant, and expectorant.
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cajeput oil, cajuput oil
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cajeput 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 … Medical dictionary
cajeput oil — noun or cajuput oil : a pungent essential oil obtained from cajeput and certain other plants of the genus Melaleuca and used chiefly as a local application in skin disease and as a stimulating expectorant … Useful english dictionary
Cajuput oil — Cajeput oil is a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous tree Melaleuca leucadendra, and probably other Melaleuca species. The trees yielding the oil are found throughout the Malay archipelago, the Malay Peninsula… … Wikipedia
cajeput — /kaj euh peuht, poot /, n. a tree, Melaleuca leucadendron, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and New Guinea, having papery bark and yielding a greenish, aromatic oil (cajeput oil) used in medicine and perfumes. Also, cajaput, cajuput.… … Universalium
cajuput oil — noun see cajeput oil … Useful english dictionary
cajuput — [ kadʒəpʌt] (also cajeput) noun 1》 an aromatic medicinal oil resembling eucalyptus oil, obtained from an Australasian tree with papery bark. 2》 the tree from which cajuput oil is obtained. [Melaleuca cajuputi.] Origin C18: from Malay kayu putih,… … English new terms dictionary
cajuput — /ˈkædʒəpʊt / (say kajuhpoot) noun 1. a small tree, Melaleuca cajuputi, found from south eastern Asia to northern Australia. 2. a green oil having a distinctive smell, distilled from the leaves of this tree, used as a stimulant, antispasmodic, and …
melaleuca — mel·a·leu·ca .mel ə l(y)ü kə n 1) cap a genus of Australian and southeast Asian trees and shrubs of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) that includes the cajeput (M. leucadendron) 2) any tree or shrub of the genus Melaleuca * * * Mel·a·leu·ca… … Medical dictionary
Cajeputöl — Wikipedia:Redaktion Chemie/ausgeblendete Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Cajeputöl Summenformel Stoffgemisch CAS Nummer 85480 37 1 Kurzbeschreibung … Deutsch Wikipedia
