patchouli oil
1patchouli oil — noun also patchouly oil : a fragrant brownish yellow to brown essential oil obtained from the leaves of the patchouli and used in perfumes and soaps …
2Patchouli — Taxobox name = Patchouli image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Lamiaceae genus = Pogostemon species = P. cablin binomial = Pogostemon cablin binomial authority =… …
3patchouli — /pach oo lee, peuh chooh lee/, n. 1. a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes. 2. a penetrating perfume made from this oil. Also, pachouli, patchouly. [1835 45; < …
4Patchouli — Pa*tchou li, Patchouly Pa*tchou ly, n. [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.] 1. (Bot.) A mintlike plant ({Pogostemon Patchouli}) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made. [1913 Webster] 2 …
5patchouli — or patchouly [pach′oo lē, pe cho͞o′lē] n. [Fr, altered < E patch leaf, part transl. of Tamil paccili, lit., green leaf < paccu, green + ilai, a leaf] 1. an East Indian mint (Pogostemon cablin) that yields a heavy, dark brown, fragrant oil 2 …
6patchouli — [ patʃʊli, pə tʃu:li] noun 1》 an aromatic oil used in perfumery, insecticides, and medicine. 2》 the strongly scented SE Asian shrub of the mint family which yields patchouli. [Pogostemon cablin.] Origin C19: from Tamil pacc̣uli …
7patchouli — noun a) Any of several East Indian menthaceous plants which yield a highly fragrant oil. b) The oil or perfume made from these plants …
8patchouli — patch•ou•li or patch•ou•ly [[t]ˈpætʃ ʊ li, pəˈtʃu li[/t]] n. pl. lis or lies 1) pln a tropical Asian plant, Pogostemon cablin, of the mint family, yielding a fragrant oil 2) pln a perfume made from this oil • Etymology: 1835–45; < Tamil… …
9patchouli — /pəˈtʃuli/ (say puh choohlee), /ˈpætʃəli/ (say pachuhlee) noun 1. the Asian plants, Pogostemon heyneanus and P. cablin, which yield a fragrant oil. 2. a perfume derived from the oil of these plants. Also, Rare, patchouly. {Tamil pach ilia,… …
10patchouli — also patchouly noun Etymology: Tamil paccuḷi Date: 1845 a heavy perfume made from the fragrant essential oil of a southeast Asian mint (Pogostemon cablin); also the plant itself …
