Eucalyptus Oil

eucalyptus oil

[‚yü·kə′lip·təs ‚ȯil] (materials) Any of various essential oils of various eucalyptus leaves, a yellow liquid miscible with alcohol; varies from peppermint to turpentine in odor; used in perfumery, medicine, and ore flotation.

Eucalyptus Oil

a natural essential oil obtained from the leaves and young shoots of various eucalypts by distilling with steam. The most important eucalyptus oil is obtained from the Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill); its primary component is cineole. A colorless or light yellow liquid, it has a cooling taste and a camphoraceous-ethereal odor. The density at 15°C is 0.905–0.922 g/cm³. The oil is used in medicine.

Another oil is obtained from Eucalyptus dives, which contains piperitone, the source of thymol and menthol. The oil derived from Eucalyptus citric dora Hook is a component of fragrances for bath soap and a source of citronellal.

eucalyptus oil

[u″kah-lip´tus] a volatile oil from fresh leaf of species of Eucalyptus, the chief constituent of which is eucalyptol; it is used as a pharmaceutical flavoring agent and as an expectorant and local antiseptic.

eu·ca·lyp·tus oil

the volatile oil distilled with steam from the fresh leaf of Eucalyptus globulus or some other species of Eucalyptus; contains not less than 70% of eucalyptol; used as an antiseptic and expectorant in cough lozenges and in vaporizer aromatics.

eucalyptus oil

Steam-distilled oil from Eucalyptus globulus, which is used as an expectorant and antiseptic, as a steam inhalant for asthma and respiratory infections and to soothe oral mucosae.
Toxic effects
Epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, ataxia, myasthenia, pallor, cyanosis, stridor, delirium, convulsions, stupor, transient coma or death. As little as 3.5 ml of eucalyptus oil may be fatal.

eu·ca·lyp·tus oil

(yūkă-liptŭs oyl) Volatile oil distilled with steam from the fresh leaf of Eucalyptus globulus or other species of Eucalyptus; used as an antiseptic and expectorant in cough lozenges and in vaporizer aromatics.

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noun an essential oil obtained from the leaves of eucalypts

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