citronella oil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of citronella oil
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Lemongrass oil, cedarwood oil, citronella oil and peppermint oil are among the common ingredients.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2022
They will also continue testing other potential repellent molecules, including the main component in citronella oil, which they found also activates Or31.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2021
As I was bidding the Mahatma good night, he considerately handed me a bottle of citronella oil.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
Other aromatic members are Andropogon Nardus, a native of India, but also cultivated, the rhizome, leaves and especially the spikelets of which contain a volatile oil, which on distillation yields the citronella oil of commerce.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The aldehyde citronellal is converted by acetic anhydride into isopulegol acetate, so that this is also included in the determination of graniol in citronella oil.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.
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