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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; < NL Chenopodium. See chenopod, -ium
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Main Entry: chenopodium oil
Function: noun
: a colorless or pale yellow toxic essential oil of unpleasant odor and taste obtained from Mexican tea plants and formerlyused as an anthelmintic

Main Entry: wormseed oil
Function: noun
: CHENOPODIUM OIL
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