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cajeput

or ³¦²¹Âá·²¹Â·±è³Ü³Ù, ³¦²¹Âܷᷳ±è³Ü³Ù

[ kaj-uh-puht, -poot ]

noun

  1. a tree, Melaleuca leucadendron, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and New Guinea, having papery bark and yielding a greenish, aromatic oil ³¦²¹Âáıè³Ü³Ùo¾±±ô used in medicine and perfumes.


cajeput

/ ˈ°ìæ»åÏôəˌ±èÊŠ³Ù /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of cajuput
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cajeput1

< New Latin cajuputi < Dutch kajoe-poetih ( -olie ) < Malay kayu putih the cajeput tree ( kayu white + putih tree)
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For example, there have been suggestions that you should drink or inhale cajeput oil, a plant-derived oil usually used to treat skin irritations, to prevent coronavirus.

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This tree is known in different localities by a variety of names, such as "spice-bush," "balm of heaven," "sassafras laurel," "cajeput," "California bay-tree," "California olive," "mountain laurel," and "California laurel."

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Spī′cer, one who seasons with spice; Spī′cery, spices in general: a repository of spices: spiciness; Spice′-tree, an evergreen tree of the Pacific United States, yielding a fine hard wood—the Mountain-laurel, California-laurel, Olive- or Bay-tree, and Cajeput; Spice′-wood, the spice-bush.

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The real terror of the Everglades is Australia's Melaleuca quinquenervia, also known as cajeput, punk tree and paperbark tree.

We made a saturated solution of camphor in brandy, and gave a teaspoonful of it on moist sugar for a dose, adding three drops of Kayu Puteh oil, extracted from a Borneon wood and called cajeput oil in England, a very strong aromatic medicine.

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