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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline substance obtained from cloves by treating them with alcohol.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A substance extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

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