Camphor

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Camphor

Camphor : சூடம், கற்பூரம்

Camphor : கற்பூரம்,சூடம்,சூடம்,கற்பூரம்

Camphor definition

Noun.

  1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, Especially. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
  2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.

Transitive verb. To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.