Camphor Definition

kămfər
noun
A volatile, crystalline ketone, C10H16O, with a strong characteristic odor, derived from the wood of the camphor tree or synthetically from pinene: used to protect fabrics from moths, in manufacturing cellulose plastics, and in medicine as an irritant and stimulant.
Webster's New World
Any of several derivatives of terpenes.
Webster's New World

Origin of Camphor

  • From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كافور (kāfūr), from Middle Persian (kāpūr), ultimately from Malay kapur, possibly via Sanskrit कर्पुर (karpura).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English caumfre from Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin camphora from Arabic kāfūr possibly from Malay kapur Sanskrit karpūraḥ

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Camphor Sentence Examples

  • Tea and camphor are the staple exports.

  • In 1755 Menghini published an elaborate study of the action of camphor on a great variety of different kinds of animals.

  • The motion of small pieces of camphor floating on water arises from the gradual solution of the camphor.

  • If the hoop enclose an area of (say) one-third of the maximum, and if the water be clean, camphor fragments floating on the interior enter with vigorous movements.

  • Agilawood, the camphor tree, and ebony are also found in smaller quantities.

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RORHOR

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