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Essential oil

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavorings, especially one having the characteristic odor of the plant from which it is obtained.

    "The odours of many flowers so delightful to our sense of smell, as well as the disagreeable scents of others, are owing to the exhalation of their essential oils."

  2. 2
    an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings wordnet

Etymology

Containing the essence of the plant's fragrance.

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