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COSTUS OIL

Dictionary entry overview: What does costus oil mean?

• COSTUS OIL (noun)
The noun COSTUS OIL has 1 sense:

1. a yellow volatile essential oil obtained from costusroot; used in perfumes

Familiarity information: COSTUS OIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COSTUS OIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A yellow volatile essential oil obtained from costusroot; used in perfumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("costus oil" is a kind of...):

essential oil; volatile oil (an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings)

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