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COSTUS OIL
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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
Sense 1
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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