noun
- a volatile, crystalline ketone, CHO, 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
- any of several derivatives of terpenes
Origin:
ME camfre < OFr camphre < ML camfora < Ar kāfūr < Sans karpuraḥ, camphor tree