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essential oil

–noun
any of a class of volatile oils obtained from plants, possessing the odor and other characteristic properties of the plant, used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes, flavors, and pharmaceuticals.

Origin:
1665–75
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essential oil  
n.  A volatile oil, usually having the characteristic odor or flavor of the plant from which it is obtained, used to make perfumes and flavorings.
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Main Entry: essential oil
Function: noun
: any of a large class of volatile odoriferous oils of vegetable origin that give plants their characteristic odors and oftenother properties, that are obtained from various parts of the plants (as flowers, leaves, or bark) by steam distillation, expression, or extraction, that are usually mixtures of compounds (as aldehydesor esters), and that are used often in the form of essences in perfumes, flavorings, and pharmaceutical preparations called also ethereal oil, volatile oil; —compare FATTY OIL, FIXED OIL
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essential oil n.
A volatile oil, usually having the characteristic odor or flavor of the plant from which it is obtained, used to make perfumes and flavorings.

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essential oil   (ĭ-sěn'shəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of various volatile liquids, such as rose oil or lavender oil, that have a characteristic odor and are produced by plants. Essential oils are composed primarily of terpenes and of lesser quantities of alcohols, aldehydes, esters, phenols, and other compounds that impart particular odors or flavors. They are used to make perfumes, soaps, flavorings, and other products.
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