Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. organic material
7. oil (organic material)
8. [oil by composition or origin]
9. vegetable oil
10. essential oil

Anotations

Scope note:

Essential oil distilled from species of Cymbopogon grass, and used as a stabilizer in soaps, perfumes, and cosmetics. It contains 70–80 percent citral, which may be isolated by distillation or from the oils of verbena and citronella.