French Meaning of camphor
Camphre
Other French words related to Camphre
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Nearest Words of camphor
- camphor ball => boule de camphre
- camphor daisy => camomille
- camphor dune tansy => Tanaisie des sables
- camphor ice => Glace de camphre
- camphor oil => huile de camphre
- camphor tree => Camphrier
- camphoraceous => camphré
- camphorate => camphré
- camphorated => Camphré
- camphorated tincture of opium => Teinture d'opium camphrée
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
Camphre
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 => Camphre, camphogen => Camphre, camphire => Camphre, camphine => camphre, camphene => camphène,
