Oil made from the fat of a goanna (monitor lizard), regarded as a bush panacea.
he questioned the merits of goanna oil in curing sundry ills of the flesh
Example sentencesExamples
- Goanna oil was a popular remedy for many complaints.
- I met an old chap who used to grease his camp oven with goanna oil.
- She had rubbed goanna oil on their faces, necks, and limbs.
- Our industrial chemists have at last managed to refine the goanna oil to such a level that we are guaranteed a world market.
- You may be able to alleviate the problem by soaking it in goanna oil.
- Aussies use goanna salve, made from goanna oil, as a household remedy.
- I'm not sure how anyone discovered that goanna oil brightens shower screens.
- Many bush-dwellers will have been aware for generations of the alleged scientific merits of goanna oil in curing sundry ills the flesh is heir to.
- It is genuine goanna oil and it is the best.
- This brush with cancer had to be treated with a cancer brush and also a bottle of "goanna oil".