- juniper tar oil
- noun see juniper tar
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
juniper tar oil
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juniper-tar oil — noun or juniper tar : cade oil … Useful english dictionary
juniper tar — n a dark tarry liquid used topically in treating skin diseases and obtained by distillation from the wood of a Eurasian juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) called also cade oil, juniper tar oil * * * [USP] a volatile thick brown oil with a bitter taste … Medical dictionary
juniper tar — noun Date: circa 1930 a tarry liquid used topically in treating skin diseases and obtained by distillation from the wood of a Eurasian juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) called also cade oil, juniper tar oil … New Collegiate Dictionary
juniper tar — noun see juniper tar oil * * * Pharm. a medicinal tar derived from the European juniper Juniperus oxycedrus: used topically in the treatment of certain skin diseases. Cf. cade. [1880 85] … Useful english dictionary
tar — A thick, semisolid, blackish brown mass, of complex hydrocarbon composition, obtained by the destructive distillation of carbonaceous materials. For individual tars, see specific names. rectified t. oil a volatile oil distilled from pine t.; used … Medical dictionary
cade oil — noun Etymology: cade (IV) : a dark thick oily liquid that has a tar odor and is obtained by destructive distillation of the wood of the cade and used locally in skin diseases called also juniper tar oil * * * cade oil, a thick, brown oil… … Useful english dictionary
Juniper berry — A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales, which give it a berry like appearance. The cones from a handful of species, especially … Wikipedia
juniper — The dried ripe fruit of Juniperus communis (family Pinaceae). [L. the j. tree] j. berry oil SYN: oil of j.. j. tar the empyreumatic volatile oil obtained from the woody portion of Juniperus oxycedrus; used externally for skin diseases. SYN: cade… … Medical dictionary
cade oil — SYN: juniper tar. * * * cade oil n JUNIPER TAR * * * juniper tar … Medical dictionary
cade oil — noun Etymology: cade juniper, from Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Medieval Latin catanus Date: 1880 juniper tar … New Collegiate Dictionary
