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VOLATILE OIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
Synonyms:
essential oil; volatile oil
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("volatile oil" is a kind of...):
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volatile oil"):
ilang-ilang (oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery)
bitter almond oil (pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal)
atar; athar; attar; ottar (essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers)
clove oil; oil of cloves (essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines)
costus oil (a yellow volatile essential oil obtained from costusroot; used in perfumes)
eucalyptus oil (an essential oil obtained from the leaves of eucalypts)
oil of turpentine; spirit of turpentine; turpentine; turps (volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally)
absinthe oil; wormwood oil (a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs)
linalool (a colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils)
