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Oil of peppermint

oil of peppermint

A volatile oil containing menthol (not less than 50% of total) obtained by steam distillation from the fresh flowering plant mentha piperita (family Labiatae). Used as a pharmaceutical aid (flavor) and in flavoring liqueurs; a carminative.


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