pine-needle oil

pine-needle oil
pine-needle oil n a colorless or yellowish bitter essential oil obtained from the needles of various pines (esp. Pinus mugo) and used in medicine chiefly as an inhalant in treating bronchitis

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  • pine-needle oil — noun : an essential oil obtained from the needles and twigs of various pines or other conifers: as a. : the colorless or yellowish bitter aromatic oil from the mugho pine used chiefly in medicine as an expectorant and inhalant b. : the oil from… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pine needle oil — the volatile oil distilled with steam from the fresh leaf of the Swiss mountain pine, Pinus mugo, and its variety P. mugo, var. pumilio; used as a perfume and flavoring agent, and has been used to relieve cough and nasal congestion …   Medical dictionary

  • dwarf pine needle oil — pine needle o …   Medical dictionary

  • siberian pine-needle oil — noun see siberian fir needle oil …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pine needle — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pine-needle wool — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pine-needle wool — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • siberian fir-needle oil — noun or siberian pine needle oil Usage: usually capitalized S : pine needle oil b …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pine oil — Pine Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pine — Pine, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are about twenty eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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