cade oil

noun

ˈkād-

: juniper tar

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Etymology

cade juniper, from Middle French, from Old Occitan, from Medieval Latin catanus

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1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cade oil was in 1880

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cade oil

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: juniper tar

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