单词 | bitter almond oil |
释义 | > as lemmasbitter almond oil almond oil n. [compare Anglo-Norman oile de alemandes (c1300), Middle French oille d'amendres (15th cent.)] (a) a pale yellow oil expressed from the kernel of either the sweet almond or the bitter almond, consisting chiefly of glycerides of oleic acid and used in cosmetics and (esp. formerly) medicinal preparations; also called sweet almond oil; (b) (also bitter almond oil) an essential oil obtained by maceration and steam distillation of the kernels of the bitter almond or other Prunus species (including apricot, peach, and plum), consisting chiefly of benzaldehyde with trace amounts of hydrogen cyanide, and processed for use as a flavouring and (formerly) in medicinal preparations. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > oils and oily preparations oil of rosesa1398 oil (of) hypericon1471 oil of philosophers1547 almond oil1560 oil of tile1634 brick oil1656 rosat1674 philosophical oil1750 oleosaccharum1757 oil of wintergreen1827 wintergreen oil1843 pinhoen oil1846 gaultheria oil1848 carap oilc1865 pulza oil1866 niaouli1993 1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 74 A pound and a half of swete Almonde oile. 1684 Aristoteles Master-piece xxvii. 170 Take two ounces of sweet Almond Oyl, and an Ounce of Cinnamon-water. 1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 349 I have also given half a pint of good olive or almond oil as an emetic during the painful sit. 1830 Times 14 Aug. 4/4 Atkinson's Almond Soap, made from the purest almond oil, in squares for washing. 1858 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XII. 20 The amygdaliferous parts of Pomeæ, Amygdaleæ, and shrubby Spireæ, when macerated in cold water and distilled, yield after a while, bitter almond oil and hydrocyanic acid. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Nov. e3 Owing to its higher benzaldehyde content, bitter almond oil is prefered [sic] as a flavoring agent in almond paste, other almond-flavored foods and cosmetics. 1996 D. W. Brown Aromatherapy (Teach Yourself Ser.) v. 36 Bitter almond oil which is highly toxic should never be used in aromatherapy. 2002 S. Stacey & J. Fairley 21st Cent. Beauty Bible 158/2 Massage your toes with almond oil and use a buffer to buff your nails rosy. < as lemmas |
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