cajuput

noun

• 1 (also cajuput oil) [mass noun] an aromatic medicinal oil obtained from a tree of the myrtle family.

• 2a chiefly Australasian tree related to the bottlebrushes, with papery bark. Also called paperbark.

  • Genus Melaleuca, family Myrtaceae: M. cajuputi, which produces cajuput oil, and M. quinquenervia