chenopodium oil

[kee-nuh-poh-dee-uhm, ken-uh-]

che·no·po·di·um oil

[kee-nuh-poh-dee-uhm, ken-uh-]
noun
a colorless or yellowish oil obtained from the seeds and leaves of Mexican tea, used chiefly in medicine as an agent for killing or expelling intestinal worms.
Also called wormseed oil.


Origin:
1910–15; < Neo-Latin Chenopodium. See chenopod, -ium
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Chenopodium oil has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
given to using long words.
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