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camphoraceous
cam·phor C0055100 (kăm′fər)n. A fragrant white or colorless crystalline ketone, C10H16O, obtained naturally from the wood of the camphor tree or synthesized from pinene and used as an insect repellent, in the manufacture of film, plastics, lacquers, and in medicine chiefly in external preparations to relieve mild pain and itching.
[Middle English caumfre, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic kāfūr, possibly from Malay kapur; akin to Sanskrit karpūraḥ.]
cam′phor·a′ceous (kăm′fə-rā′shəs) adj.cam·phor′ic (-fôr′ĭk) adj.camphoraceous (ˌkæmfəˈreɪʃəs) adjsimilar to camphorThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | camphoraceous - being or having the properties of camphor; "camphoraceous odor" |
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cam·pho·ra·ceous (kam'fō-rā'shŭs), Resembling camphor in appearance, consistency, or odor. |