Definition of Oil of cloves

1. Noun. Essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines.

Exact synonyms: Clove Oil
Generic synonyms: Essential Oil, Volatile Oil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Of Cloves

oil meal
oil mill
oil nut
oil of American wormseed
oil of anise
oil of bay
oil of bergamot
oil of bitter almond
oil of bitter orange
oil of cardamom
oil of chenopodium
oil of cherry laurel
oil of cinnamon
oil of citronella
oil of clove
oil of cloves (current term)
oil of coriander
oil of cubeb
oil of dwarf pine needles
oil of eucalyptus
oil of fennel
oil of juniper
oil of lemon
oil of mirbane
oil of olives

Literary usage of Oil of cloves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"The oil of cloves is extracted from the dried flower buds of the caryophyllus ... When we agitate a mixture of strong caustic soda ley and oil of cloves in ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"Oil of Cloves.—Dumas finds that the dense volatile oils are more highly oxidized ... He obtained a definite crystalline compound of the oil of cloves with ..."

3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1907)
"CLOVE EXTRACT is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of cloves, and contains not less than two (2) per cent, by volume of oil of cloves. 7n. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1902)
"The text of the paper was as follows : oil of cloves—A PROBLEM IN ... The United States Pharmacopoeia makes the following statements about oil of cloves, ..."

5. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1880)
"In several cases fatal syncope was produced by the injection of from four to six drops of the oil of cloves into the jugular vein of a cat. ..."

6. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"In oil of cloves. It is found chiefly in the first portions of liquid which ... Separation from Oil of Cloves. The oil which passes over on distilling oil ..."

7. American Druggist (1891)
"Valuation of Oil of Cloves. H. THOMS recently read a paper on this subject before the Society of German Naturalists and Physicians, from which we take the ..."

8. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"Crude oil of cloves deposits, after some time, fine colourless aci- ... If crude oil of cloves be mixed with a concentrated solution of potassa, ..."

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