cajeput

cajeput
(ka-je-put') s. m.
Terme de pharmacie. Huile volatile fournie par la distillation des feuilles et des rameaux d'un arbuste des îles Moluques (melaleuca cajeputi).
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   Malais, kayoupoutih ( le a et le 2nd u sont longs), de kayou ( a long), arbre, et poutih ( u long), blanc, DEVIC Dict. étym..

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  • cajeput oil — noun or cajuput oil : a pungent essential oil obtained from cajeput and certain other plants of the genus Melaleuca and used chiefly as a local application in skin disease and as a stimulating expectorant …   Useful english dictionary

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