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Patchouly   Listen
noun
Patchouly, Patchouli  n.  
1.
(Bot.) 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.
Synonyms: pachouli, Pogostemon cablin.
2.
The heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant.
Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil.





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"Patchouly" Quotes from Famous Books



... said he wasn't. He's a good deal too much alive for my old wits, with his Mam'selle This and Madame the Other; interesting enough, perhaps, for the professional literary nose with a taste for patchouli.' ...
— The Return • Walter de la Mare
... broad forehead with a large white silk pocket- handkerchief, horribly scented with patchouli. His distress was quite ...
— Bunch Grass - A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch • Horace Annesley Vachell


Words linked to "Patchouly" :   perfume, Pogostemon cablin, patchouli, shrub, genus Pogostemon, bush


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