camphor oil

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noun

a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.

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Origin of camphor oil

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby camphor oil

camphorate, camphorated oil, camphor ball, camphor ice, camphor laurel, camphor oil, camphor tree, camphorweed, Campignian, campimeter, campimetry

How to use camphor oil in a sentence

The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.
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Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.
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The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.
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Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.
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In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
A very small amount may be present after ingestion of large quantities of cod-liver oil or other fats.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Go carefully over the film with an oil-immersion lens, using a mechanical stage if available.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The unindustrious pupil imagines that “p” represents 8, and not “f” or “v,” and translates 1845 into “To pour oil” .
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Scientific definitions for camphor oil

camphor oil

The oil that is obtained from the wood of the camphor tree and is used to make camphor. It is extracted from the wood by steam distillation.