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Definition of Clove oil
1. Noun. Essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines.
Medical Definition of Clove oil
1. Volatile oil obtained by steam distillation of the dried flower buds of Eugenia caryophyllata (family Myrtacea). Contains about 85% eugenol along with other constituents. Used in dentistry as a local anaesthetic and component of temporary fillings of the teeth. Also used to flavor foods; strong, pungent odour. Synonym: clove oil. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clove Oil
Literary usage of Clove oil
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 (1917)
"clove oil. clove oil has a very high ref. index, rarely falling below 1.5310 and
... Castor oil has recently been found as an adulterant of clove oil. ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1900)
"You may clear with clove oil, which will extract some mure colour from the tissues.
Or you may clear with an agent that does not attack the stain (cedar oil ..."
3. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"Lavender oil Cedar oil i Juniper oil Fennel oil Mixture of lavender, fennel, and
cinnamon oils I Mixture of lavender, clove, and cinnamon oils i clove oil ..."
4. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Bolles Lee (1913)
"A special property of clove oil is that it helps to differentiate ... Some colours
are much more sensitive to the action of clove oil than others; ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"... oil from clove stalks notwithstanding the large amount of eugenol it contains.
The author, furthermore, has ascertained that clove oil in addition to ..."
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