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clove oil

noun

  1. Also called: oil of clovesa volatile pale-yellow aromatic oil obtained from clove flowers, formerly much used in confectionery, dentistry, and microscopy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The eels are sedated using clove oil so that Dr Evans and his PhD student group can easily measure them.

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This healing tea consists of sarsaparilla root, ginger, licorice root, cinnamon, burdock root, juniper berry, black pepper, dandelion root, clove oil and cinnamon bark oil.

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One common home remedy - clove oil - contains a chemical that blocks this TRPC5 pathway.

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It can also be found in other, less expensive places outside the vanilla plant: clove oil, pine bark and rice bran.

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To help the child, Fox says she whipped out clove oil she kept handy for her own daughter, providing a momentary bonding with the terrorist.

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