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Camphorate :: Camphorate (v. t.) To impregnate or treat with camphor.

Pyrethrin :: Pyrethrin (n.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor..

Bumbelo :: Bumbelo (n.) A glass used in subliming camphor.

Camphorate :: Camphorate (n.) A salt of camphoric acid.

Pimelic :: Pimelic (a.) Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.

Evaporation :: Evaporation (n.) The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor..

Caryophyllin :: Caryophyllin (n.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor..

Laurus :: Laurus (n.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus..

Camphor :: Camphor (n.) A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative..

Sublimate :: Sublimate (v. t.) To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor..

Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..

Phorone :: Phorone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds..

Durene :: Durene (n.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor..

Cajuput :: Cajuput (n.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste..

Camphoraceous :: Camphoraceous (a.) Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor.

Dryobalanops :: Dryobalanops (n.) The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil..

Camphene :: Camphene (n.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes..

Asarone :: Asarone (n.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum..

Eugenin :: Eugenin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor..

Camphorate :: Camphorate () Alt. of Camporate.

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