camphor

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cam·phor /ˈkæmfə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]  HCCa white substance with a strong smell, used especially to keep insects away 樟脑

Examples from the Corpus

camphor• Smell of soap, cedarwood, camphor.• Others put their faith in camphor.• It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests.• His studies laid the foundations for his later researches on camphor and the mechanism of aromatic substitution.• I smelled camphor and looked up into the bright, sun-reflecting glasses of my uncle.Origin camphor (1300-1400) Anglo-French caumfre, from Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic kafur, from Malay kapur

cam·phor nounChineseSyllable  

used substance with a a especially white strong Corpus smell,

camphor
cam‧phor /ˈkæmfə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]a white substance with a strong smell, used especially to keep insects away

cam·phorBrE /ˈkæmfə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkæmfər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a white substance with a strong smell, used in medicine, for making plastics and to keep insects away from clothes 樟脑