essential oil
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essential oil
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Containing the essence of the plant's fragrance.
noun essential oils
- A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavorings, especially one having the characteristic odor of the plant from which it is obtained. The odours of many flowers so delightful to our sense of smell, as well as the disagreeable scents of others, are owing to the exhalation of their essential oils.
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noun volatile oil used to make perfumes and flavourings
| Español | aceite esencial |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정유 jeong'yu |
| 日本語 | 精油 seiyu, エッセンシャルオイル essensharu oiru |
| 中文 | 精油 jīngyóu |
| Português | óleo essencial |
| Français | huile essentielle |
| Deutsch | ätherisches Öl |
| Italiano | essenza |
| Ελληνικά | αιθέριο έλαιο aithério élaio |
| Română | ulei esențial |
| Русский | эфи́рное ма́сло efírnoje máslo |
| Tiếng Việt | tinh dầu |
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