Camphor

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(A crystalline substance, with a strong odor, chiefly from the camphor tree of Asia, used in mothballs, medicines, etc) ទេពិរូ (ឈើម៉្យាង)

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A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

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A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol.

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(TRANSITIVE) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.