Definition of essential oils. Meaning of essential oils. Synonyms of essential oils

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Definition of essential oils

Essential oils
5. (Mus.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones. 6. (Med.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases. Essential character (Biol.), the prominent characteristics which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from another. Essential disease, Essential fever (Med.), one that is not dependent on another. Essential oils (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter almonds an aldehyde, oil of wintergreen an ethereal salt, etc.; -- called also volatile oils in distinction from the fixed or nonvolatile.

Meaning of essential oils from wikipedia

- temperatures) chemical compounds from plants. Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetheroleum, or simply as the oil of the plant...
- Essential oils are volatile and liquid aroma compounds from natural sources, usually plants. They are not oils in a strict sense, but often share with...
- for genuinity evaluation of bergamot essential oil by the Experimental Station for the Industry of the Essential oils and Citrus products, in Reggio Calabria...
- based in Lehi, Utah. Founded by Donald Gary Young in 1993, it sells essential oils and other related products. Donald "Gary" Young gained an interest in...
- multi-level marketing company based in Pleasant Grove, Utah, that sells essential oils and other related products. doTerra was founded in 2008 by former executives...
- oil using essential oils is as follows:[citation needed] half part cinnamon essential oil 1 part myrrh essential oil 1 part calamus essential oil 1 part...
- plants are added. Essential oils are composed of volatile aromatic compounds, extracted from plants by distillation. Vegetable fats and oils are what are most...
- pressed oil used for cooking, or a pungent essential oil also known as volatile oil of mustard. The essential oil results from grinding mustard seed, mixing...
- Biological Sciences 2009 9:4 (377-380) Food preservative potential of essential oils and fractions from Cymbopogon citratus, Ocimum gratissimum and Thymus...
- of the non-volatile residues. It is often used to separate volatile essential oils from plant material. for example, to extract limonene (boiling point...