Usage of "volatile oil"

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Catalan

A concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants.

Usage of volatile oil in English

The industry has been stressed by highly volatile oil and corn prices. 
 Reuters 

Produces a volatile oil everywhere except the inside of the fruit. 
 Wicked plants 

Turpentine is a volatile oil from the sap of long-leaf pine. 
 Handwork in Wood 

The cultivated plant is less rich in the volatile oil than the wild herb. 
 Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure 

Prepared (how).-Asa poultice, raw; when boiled volatile oil is cast off. 
 Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ... 

The action of the volatile oil enhances that of sulphur. 
 Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ... 

Peel and slice onions under water to keep the volatile oil from the eyes. 
 Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) / How to Cook and Us... 

Aloes also contain a trace of volatile oil, to which its odour is due. 
 The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28 

It contains a chemical principle, "apiin," sugar, starch, and a volatile oil. 
 Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure 

Ramirez frequently blames market speculation for volatile oil prices. 
 Reuters 

Its activity depends on the volatile oil, contained in the proportion of six per cent. 
 Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure 

The strong, typical flavor that characterizes bananas is due to the volatile oil they contain. 
 Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit ... 

The calyces become charged with oil glands, and yield a greater abundance of volatile oil. 
 Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu also voiced concern about the impact of volatile oil prices. 
 Reuters 

That's being driven by volatile oil prices and continued concern over the spread of the coronavirus. 
 BBC 

Chemically, the Linden flowers contain a particular light, fragrant, volatile oil, which is soluble in alcohol. 
 Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure 