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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A substance (C₁₀H₁₂O₂) which settles spontaneously from the distilled water of cloves. It crystallizes in small laminæ, which are colorless, transparent, and pearly, but in time become yellow.

Wiktionary

1. n. organic chemistry A colourless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; clove camphor.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor.