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Definition of Cajuput
1. n. A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.
Definition of Cajuput
1. Noun. cajuput oil ¹
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Definition of Cajuput
1. cajeput [n -S] - See also: cajeput
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cajuput
Literary usage of Cajuput
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"As already stated, the United States Pharmacopoeia requires cajuput oil to ...
Eucalyptus oil is sometimes added to cajuput oil which has been deprived of ..."
2. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"For the year ending June 30, 1920, there were imported into the United States
21,lib pounds of oil of cajuput. CONSTANTS. Specific gravity at 25" C 0.912 to ..."
3. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"cajuput OIL it obtained from the leaves of the tree called ... appears to h:ive
detected copper in several samples of cajuput oil. ..."
4. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1894)
"He ha found similar traces in the oils of cajuput and eucalyptus. VOL. I., P.
xvii. ... cajuput ..."
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