Menthol : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Menthol	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Menthol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
menthol n a crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion a lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menthol \Men"thol\, n. [Mentha + -ol.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint ({Mentha}); -- called also {mint camphor} or {peppermint camphor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camphor \Cam"phor\, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. [?]), fr. Ar. k[be]f[d4]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[d4]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the {Laurus} family, esp. from {Cinnamomum camphara} (the {Laurus camphara} of Linn[91]us.). Camphor, {C10H16O}, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. 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}. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as {cedar camphor}, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}), and {peppermint camphor}, or {menthol}, obtained from the oil of peppermint. {Camphor oil} (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. {Camphor tree}, a large evergreen tree ({Cinnamomum Camphora}) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.