Camphor
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Noah Webster's Dictionary

1. (n.) A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

2. (n.) A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.

3. (v. t.) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.

Multi-Version Concordance

Camphor (2 Occurrences)

Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is to me as a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of En-gedi. (WBS)

Song of Songs 4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphor, with spikenard, (WBS)




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