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cajeput oil

(′kaj·ə·pu̇t ′öil)

(materials) An essential oil with a blue-green color and a camphorlike odor; chief constituents are eucalyptol, pinene, and alpha terpineol; distilled from leaves and twigs of species of East Indian trees of the genus Melaleuca; used in perfumes and medicines. Also spelled cajuput oil.


 
 
 

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