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peppermint oil
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | peppermint oil - oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoringpeppermint candy, peppermint - a candy flavored with peppermint oilflavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it impartsMentha piperita, peppermint - herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoringmenthol - a crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion |
Peppermint Oil
peppermint oil[′pep·ər‚mint ‚ȯil] (materials) oil of peppermint Peppermint Oil a natural essential oil obtained by distilling the flowers and green parts of the peppermint plant (Mentha piperita) with aqueous steam. The colorless fluid has a strong peppermint aroma and a bitter, refreshing flavor. Its density at 20°C is 0.900–0.910 g/cm3; it dissolves readily in alcohol. Peppermint oil is made up of about 100 components, the principal ones being /-menthol (up to 50 percent), menthone (approximately 25 percent), menthyl acetate, and cineole. The oil has antiseptic, anesthetic, and vasodilating properties. It is used for aromatizing candies, cakes, beverages, tobacco, toothpaste, and elixirs. Mint oils from other species of mint, such as Mentha arvensis, serve as the principal sources of natural menthol. peppermint oil
peppermint oil a volatile oil from fresh overground parts of the flowering plant of peppermint (Mentha piperita); used as a flavoring agent for drugs, and as a gastric stimulant and carminative.pep·per·mint oilthe volatile oil distilled with steam from the fresh, overground parts of the flowering plant of Mentha piperita, rectified by distillation and neither partially nor wholly dementholized; a flavor.An oil extracted from peppermint—Mentha piperita—used in aromatherapy as a mental stimulant, or as a stomachic to relieve GI discomfortpeppermint oil
Words related to peppermint oilnoun oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoringRelated Words- peppermint candy
- peppermint
- flavorer
- flavoring
- flavourer
- flavouring
- seasoning
- seasoner
- Mentha piperita
- menthol
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