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
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 … Medical dictionary
Cajeput Tree — is the common name used for certain members of the genus Melaleuca , native to Australia. Primarily it refers to M. leucadendra , M. linariifolia , M. viridflora and M. quinquenervia . The cajeput trees are the source of cajeput oil, an essential … 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 — 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 — noun Etymology: ultimately from Malay kayu putih, from kayu wood, tree + putih white Date: 1822 an Australian and southeast Asian tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia syn. M. leucadendron) of the myrtle family that yields a pungent medicinal oil and has … New Collegiate Dictionary
cajeput — caj·e·put also caj·u·put kaj ə pət, .pu̇t n an Australian and southeast Asian tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia syn. M. leucadendron) of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) that yields a pungent medicinal oil and has been introduced into Florida called… … Medical dictionary
cajeput — caj•e•put [[t]ˈkædʒ ə pət, ˌpʊt[/t]] n. pln pha an Australasian tree, Melaleuca leucadendron, of the myrtle family, with papery bark, yielding an aromatic oil used in medicines and perfumes • Etymology: < NL cajuputi < D kajoe poetih( olie) … From formal English to slang
cajuput oil — noun see cajeput oil … Useful english dictionary
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
