camphor.

A white crystalline substance with a strong, penetrating smell, used in some products and historically in medicine.

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Words that belong together

• camphor odor
• camphor crystals

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A camphor odor lingered inside the old chest.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: uncommon.