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cin•e•ole  (sin′ē ōl′),USA pronunciation n. [Chem., Pharm.]
  1. Chemistry, Drugsa colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C10H18O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
Also, cin•e•ol  (sin′ē ôl′, -ol′).USA pronunciation Also called cajeputol, cajuputol, eucalyptol. 
  • alteration of Neo-Latin oleum cinae, equivalent. to oleum oil + genitive singular of cina wormseed

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