Note: The name is also applied to a mixture of this substance with three times its volume of alcohol and sometimes a little ether, used as an illuminant.
CAMPHIRE
Cam"phire, n.
Defn: An old spelling of Camphor.
CAMPHOGEN Cam"pho*gen, n. Etym: [Camphor + -gen: — formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphogène.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Cymene.
CAMPHOL
Cam"phol, n. Etym: [Camphol + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Borneol.
CAMPHOR Cam"phor, n. Etym: [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. kafur, prob. fr. Skr. karpura.]
1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnæus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
2. A gum resembing ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; — called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.