caraway oil

caraway oil
caraway oil n an essential oil obtained from caraway seeds and used in pharmaceuticals and as a flavoring agent in foods and liqueurs

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[NF] a volatile oil distilled from the dried ripe fruit of Carum carvi, yielding at least 50 per cent by volume of carvone; used as a flavoring agent for drugs and as a carminative.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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