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Definition of Japan camphor

Japan camphor
Japan Ja*pan", a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina allspice. Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply Japan. Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo camphor. Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover. Japan earth. See Catechu. Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac.

Meaning of Japan camphor from wikipedia

- Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, and ****an. It is known by various names, most notably the camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel. Camphora officinarum grows...
- Camphor (/ˈkæmfər/) is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma. It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone. It is found in the wood of the...
- "Contributions from the Laboratory of the University of Tôkiô, ****an. No. IV. On menthol or peppermint camphor". J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 39: 77. doi:10.1039/CT8813900077...
- established monopolies and by 1945, had taken over all the sales of opium, salt, camphor, tobacco, alcohol, matches, weights and measures, and petroleum in the...
- Look up camphor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Camphor is a chemical compound. Camphor may also refer to: Camphor (album), a 2002 David Sylvian album...
- noticed (in December, 1882) the important fact that when common or ****an camphor and crystallized carbolic acid are mixed together and subjected to heat...
- most camphor tree reserves had been depleted with the remaining large stands in ****an and Taiwan with Taiwanese production greatly exceeding ****anese. Camphor...
- Machine; Sannō Shrine Archived 2011-02-10 at the Wayback Machine. Brazil, Mark. "A camphor by any other name," The ****an Times. August 1, 2002. v t e...
- Wasabi (****anese: ワサビ, わさび, or 山葵, pronounced [waꜜsabi]) or ****anese horseradish (Eutrema ****oni**** syn. Wasabia ****onica) is a plant of the family Br****icaceae...
- × 51 ft) structure is built of high-quality woods such as zelkova, cedar, and camphor. Ōura Church was established in 1864 by the French priest Bernard Petitjean...