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An Australian company that makes handsome cutting boards from sustainable camphor laurel trees is hailing its product’s antibacterial quality, which it says was confirmed by the Australian National Association of Testing Authorities.

Camphor, kam′for, n. a solid essential oil, mostly obtained from the camphor laurel of India, China, and Japan, having a peculiar hot aromatic taste and a pleasant smell.—adj.

Common camphor, Japan or Laurel camphor, C10H16O, which constitutes the bulk of the camphor of commerce, is the product of the camphor laurel, Cinnamonum camphora, a tree flourishing in Japan, Formosa and central China.

Camphor is an oil found in certain plants, mostly from the camphor laurel.