cajuput

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{i} plant which yields a greenish aromatic oil and is used in perfumes and medicines (native to Australia and New Guinea); oil distilled from the leaves of the cajuput tree
A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree Melaleuca cajuputi, etc
It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste

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cajuput oil
A volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous tree Melaleuca leucadendra