or  cajuput oil  n :  a pungent essential oil obtained from plants of the genus Melaleuca and esp. cajeput and used chiefly as a local application in skin disease and as a stimulating expectorant .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  caj·e·put·ol 
 
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