Portuguese Meaning of camphor
Cânfora
Other Portuguese words related to Cânfora
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of camphor
- camphor ball => bola de cânfora
- camphor daisy => camomila
- camphor dune tansy => Tanaceto do campo
- camphor ice => Gelo de cânfora
- camphor oil => óleo de cânfora
- camphor tree => Camforeira
- camphoraceous => canforáceo
- camphorate => cânfora
- camphorated => Alcanforado
- camphorated tincture of opium => Tintura de ópio alcanforada
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
Cânfora
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
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
camphol => Cânfora, camphogen => Cânfora, camphire => Cânfora, camphine => cânfora, camphene => cânfora,
