origanum oil

origanum 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.

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orig·a·num oil ə-'rig-ə-nəm- n an essential oil obtained from various aromatic plants of the mint or vervain families (esp. genus Origanum of the mint family) that was formerly used in pharmacology

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