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che•no•po′di•um oil′
(kē′nə pō′dē əm, ken′ə-),USA pronunciation
- a colorless or yellowish oil obtained from the seeds and leaves of Mexican tea, used chiefly in medicine as an agent for killing or expelling intestinal worms. Also called wormseed oil.
- Neo-Latin Chenopodium. See chenopod, -ium
- 1910–15
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