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Definition of Rose oil
1. Noun. A volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation.
Definition of Rose oil
1. Noun. An essential oil extracted from the petals of various types of roses, used mainly for flavouring and perfumes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Rose oil
1. A volatile oil from Rosa centifolia; used in perfumery and in ointments. Synonym: attar of rose. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Oil
Literary usage of Rose oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1891)
"... and, curiously enough, has much helped to bring about its contusion with "
oil of rose"), was brought to the Bulgarian rose-oil districts, ..."
2. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"Purified Eucalyptus oil can be used for diluting rose oil, when it is required
for the preparation of scented soap. The essential oil of orange-peel might ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"Attar of rose, or rose-oil, is the volatile oil obtained on the southern slopes
of the Balkan by distilling the flowers of Rosa damascena. ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"Attar of rose, or rose-oil, is the volatile oil obtained on the southern slopes
of the Balkan by distilling the flowers of Rosa damascena. ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"A larger quantity of rose-oil is obtained, by leaving the roses freed from their
calices, ... 7, 154) ; German rose-oil, 0814; Persian, 0-832. (Zeller. ..."
6. On Fracture of the Skull Or Cranium by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Levi Robert Lind (1990)
"moving the bone with rose oil on account of the aforesaid reasons ... As to what
has been said about not putting rose oil on wounds of the nerves given that ..."
7. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"Palmarosa oil, spermaceti and other substances generally accredited as being used
as adulterants for rose oil would change the constants given for pure rose ..."
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