camphor

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• ⇰ A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the <fam>Laurus</fam> family, esp. from <spn>Cinnamomum camphara</spn> (the <spn>Laurus camphora</spn> of Linn&aelig;us.). Camphor, <chform>C10H16O</chform>, is volatile and fragra
• ⇰ originally, a gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (<spn>Dryobalanops aromatica</spn> formerly <spn>Dryobalanops camphora</spn>) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; now applied to its main constituent, a terpene alcohol obtainable as a white s

• ⇰ To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.