Essential Oils
volatile oils usually drawn from aromatic plants by subjecting them to distillation with waters, such as the oils of lavender, cloves, peppermint, etc.
ESSEQUIBO (es-se-kēbō), a river of British Guiana, which flows into the At- ESSLINGEN lantic by an estuary 20 miles in width after a course of about 450 miles. The district or division of Essequibo is well cultivated and extremely fertile, producing coffee, cotton, cocoa, and sugar. Pop. 36,000.