Cajeput Definition

kajəpət

noun

A melaleuca tree (Melaleuca cajuputi) of Southeast Asia and Australia whose leaves yield an essential oil.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

The oil obtained from this tree, used as a flavoring and in cosmetics and medicinal preparations.

American Heritage

Any of several other melaleucas, especially M. leucadendra or M. quinquenervia, which is naturalized in southern Florida.

American Heritage

Alternative form of cajuput.

Wiktionary

Origin of Cajeput

Ultimately (partly via Dutch kajoe poetih) from Malay (Indonesian dialect) kayu putih kayu wood putih white (equivalent to Malaysian Malay puteh)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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