thuyone

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thuyone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  thujone \thu"jone\ (th[=u]"j[=o]n), n.
     An oil, C10H16O, the chief constituent of cedar leaf oil
     (thuja oil), which is obtained from the northern white cedar
     (arbor vitae, Thuja occidentalis) or the western Red Cedar
     (Thuja plicatis). It is a stimulant similar to camphor. It
     is also called thujol, thuyol, absinthol, thuyone,
     tanacetol, and tanacetone. --Stedman.
     [PJC]