Usually means: Natural oil repels insects effectively.
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  1. citronella: Merriam-Webster
  2. citronella: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. citronella: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. citronella: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Citronella, citronella: Wordnik
  6. citronella: Wiktionary
  7. citronella: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. citronella: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. citronella: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. citronella: Dictionary.com
  11. citronella: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Citronella (disambiguation), Citronella (genus), Citronella: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. citronella: FreeDictionary.org
  14. citronella: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. citronella: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. citronella: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

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  1. citronella: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. citronella: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. citronella: Medical dictionary

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon nardus, that has citrus-scented leaves.
noun:  An essential oil obtained from this plant, often used as an insect repellent.

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