cajeput oil

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

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nouncajeput oil (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of cajuput oil

    About a mile behind and to the east of the village the hills commence, but they are very barren, being covered with scanty coarse grass and scattered trees of the Melaleuca cajuputi, from the leaves of which the celebrated cajeput oil is made.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 126
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