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patchouli

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Noun
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patch=ou=li

CIDE DICTIONARY

patchoulin. [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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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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