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THYME CAMPHOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thyme camphor mean?
• THYME CAMPHOR (noun)
The noun THYME CAMPHOR has 1 sense:
1. a colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
Familiarity information: THYME CAMPHOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
thyme camphor; thymic acid; thymol
Hypernyms ("thyme camphor" is a kind of...):
phenol (any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups)
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