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patchouli

Noun

patch=ou=li

WORDNET DICTIONARY

patchouli(n = noun.plant) pachouli, patchouly, pogostemon cablin - small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes; Array

is a member of genus pogostemon, pogostemon

is a kind of bush, shrub

patchouli(n = noun.artifact) pachouli, patchouly - a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant; Array

is a kind of essence, perfume

patchouli, n. [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.].

A small shrubby mintlike plant (Pogostemon cablin syn. Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made. [1913 Webster]
The heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant. [1913 Webster]

Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil.

patchouli, n.
1 a strongly scented E. Indian plant, Pogostemon cablin.
2 the perfume obtained from this.

Etymology

a native name in Madras

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