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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A concrete oil obtained by expression under heat from the common nutmeg.
  • noun The fat oil from the seeds of Myristica moschata, which contains, as glyceride, myristic acid (C14H28O2). This fat oil is a quite different substance from the essence or volatile oil obtained by distillation with water.

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