ˈsinēˌōl noun
also cin·e·ol -ˌȯl, -ōl
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cine- (from New Latin cina — in oleum cinae wormseed oil, semen cinae Levant wormseed) + -ole, -ol; originally formed as German cyneol
: a syrupy liquid C 10 H 18 O of camphorlike odor found in many essential oils (as Levant wormseed, eucalyptus, and cajeput) and used especially as an expectorant — called also 1,8-cineole, eucalyptole