Macassar oil

An oil used for promoting and strengthening the growth of the hair, so named from having been originally brought from Maca ar, The name is now commonly given to a prepared mixture of castor and olive-oil. "In earthly virtue nothing could surpa her, Save thine incomparable oil , Maca ar ." ma-câu-cō, s. [MACACO.] Byron: Don Juan, i. 17.