/bawr"nee awl', -ol'/ , n. Chem.
a white, translucent, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, occurring in various isomeric forms, having a burning, mintlike taste, obtained from the trunk of a tree, Dryobalanops aromatica, or by the reduction of camphor: used in the form of its esters in the manufacture of synthetic camphor and in perfumery. Also called Borneo camphor, bornyl alcohol, camphol, Malayan camphor, Sumatra camphor .
[ 1875-80; BORNE(O) + -OL 1 ]