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Definition of
essential oil noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
essential oil
noun
noun
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an oil taken from a plant, used because of its strong smell for making
perfume
and in
aromatherapy
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essential oil
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essential
noun
essentially
adverb
essential oil
noun
-est
suffix
establish
verb