Australian English Meaning of camphor
Camphor
Other Australian English words related to Camphor
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Nearest Words of camphor
- camphor ball => camphor ball
- camphor daisy => chamomile
- camphor dune tansy => Camphorweed
- camphor ice => Camphor ice
- camphor oil => camphor oil
- camphor tree => Camphor laurel
- camphoraceous => camphoraceous
- camphorate => camphor
- camphorated => Camphorated
- camphorated tincture of opium => Camphorated tincture of opium
Definitions and Meaning of camphor in English
camphor (n)
a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
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.
A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.
camphor (v. t.)
To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.
FAQs About the word camphor
Camphor
a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and linimentA tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laur
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camphol => Camphor, camphogen => Camphogene, camphire => Camphor, camphine => camphor, camphene => camphene,
