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cineole
[ sin-ee-ohl ]
noun
, Chemistry, Pharmacology.
- a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cineole1
Alteration of New Latin oleum cinae, equivalent to oleum oil + genitive singular of cina wormseed
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