cajeput oil

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cajeput oil [′kaj·ə·pu̇t ‚ȯil]

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An essential oil with a blue-green color and a camphorlike odor; chief constituents are eucalyptol, pinene, and alpha terpineol; distilled from leaves and twigs of species of East Indian trees of the genusMelaleuca; used in perfumes and medicines. Also spelled cajuput oil.

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