oil of spike

English

Noun

oil of spike (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) An aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavendula spica), used in varnish and in veterinary medicine.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for oil of spike in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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