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• turpentine camphor weed — noun aromatic plant of western United States • Syn: ↑camphorweed, ↑vinegarweed, ↑Trichostema lanceolatum • Hypernyms: ↑blue curls …   Useful english dictionary

• Camphor — For other uses, see Camphor (disambiguation). Camphor[1][2] …   Wikipedia

• turpentine — turpentinic /terr peuhn tin ik/, turpentinous /terr peuhn tin euhs, tuy neuhs/, turpentiny /terr peuhn tuy nee/, adj. /terr peuhn tuyn /, n., v., turpentined, turpentining. n. 1. any of various oleoresins derived from coniferous trees, esp. the… …   Universalium

• Turpentine — For other uses, see Turpentine (disambiguation). Turpentine (also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, and wood turpentine) is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin obtained from trees, mainly pine trees. It is composed of… …   Wikipedia

• camphor — camphoraceous /kam feuh ray sheuhs/, adj. camphoric /kam fawr ik, for /, adj. /kam feuhr/, n. Chem., Pharm. 1. a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant odored terpene ketone, C10H16O, obtained from the camphor tree, used chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• turpentine oil — A volatile oil, distilled from turpentine, that has been used as a diuretic, carminative, vermifuge, expectorant, rubefacient, and counterirritant. SYN: oleum terebinthinae, turpentine spirit. rectified t. obtained by treating t. with …   Medical dictionary

• camphor — A ketone distilled from the bark and wood of Cinnamonum camphora, an evergreen tree of Taiwan and Southeast Asia and the adjoining islands, and also prepared synthetically from oil of turpentine; used in a variety of commercial products and as a… …   Medical dictionary

• Japan camphor — Japan Ja*pan , a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. [1913 Webster] {Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan ({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina allspice. {Japan black}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• camphene — A terpenoid occurring in many essential oils, e.g., turpentine, camphor, citronella. * * * cam·phene kam .fēn n any of several terpenes related to camphor esp a colorless crystalline terpene C10H16 found in three optically different forms in… …   Medical dictionary

• Snake oil — is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain. However, the most common usage of the phrase is as a derogatory term for compounds offered as medicines which implies that they are fake, fraudulent, quackish, or ineffective. The… …   Wikipedia

• camphorweed — noun aromatic plant of western United States • Syn: ↑turpentine camphor weed, ↑vinegarweed, ↑Trichostema lanceolatum • Hypernyms: ↑blue curls * * * /kam feuhr weed /, n. vinegarweed. [1910 15, Amer.; CAMPHOR + WEED1] …   Useful english dictionary