cajeput
/kaj-uh-puht, -poot/US // ˈkædʒ ə pət, -ˌpʊt //UK // (ˈkædʒəˌpʊt) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a tree, Melaleuca leucadendron, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and New Guinea, having papery bark and yielding a greenish, aromatic oil used in medicine and perfumes.
Examples
The bed is wide and gravelly, fringed with magnificent cajeput or paper-bark trees.
Oil of cajeput, is prepared in the Moluccas, by distilling the dry leaves of the melaleuca leucadendron.
Oil of turpentine, four ounces; camphor, six drachms; oil of cajeput, two drachms.
The Indian furnishes himself with cups and vessels of all sorts from the cuieira-tree (Crescentia cajeput).
Provence oil adulterated with sunflower oil and mixed with very small traces of camphor and cajeput, sassafras, and rosemary oils.
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