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/ɔɪl əv kloʊvz/ Listen

Oil of cloves

noun

Essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines. Synonym: clove oil.

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... odoriferous principle of the vanilla bean, is an aldehyde which was first artificially prepared by Tiemann and Haarmann in 1874 by oxidizing coniferin, a glucoside contained in the sap of various coniferae, but it now appears to be usually manufactured from eugenol, a phenol contained in oil of cloves. Piperonal, an aldehyde closely allied to vanillin, is used in perfumery under the name of heliotropin and is prepared from oil of sassafras and oil of camphor. Cumarine, the material to which tonka ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

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... With oil of cloves and drugs people go to the Malucas from almost all over the world; it is therefore believed that in these seas there must be for a long time to come some of the hardest battles ever seen, and that many in attempting to trade in cloves will have to ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVIII, 1617-1620 • Various

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Words linked to "Oil of cloves" : volatile oil, essential oil, clove oil