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noun

Patchouly, Patchouli n.

(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.

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Patchouly" Quotes from Famous Books

... moans, weeping and wailing and gnashing of false and genuine teeth, and tearing of hair both artificial and natural; and therewith the flutter of a myriad fans, and the rustle of a million powder-puffs. And the air reeked with a thousand indescribable scents—patchouli and attar of roses and cherry blossom, and the heavy odours of hair-oil and dyes and ...

— Without Prejudice • Israel Zangwill

... be possible. Such perfumes are known as "fixing agents" or "fixateurs," and among the most important of these may be mentioned musk, both natural and artificial, civet, the oils of Peru balsam, sandalwood, and patchouli, and benzyl benzoate. ...

— The Handbook of Soap Manufacture • W. H. Simmons

... is no exotic rare, A common flower found everywhere; In form 't is somewhat like the pink, But its scent is finer, I declare, Than musk, or your patchouli. You 've guessed it now, I really think, So I'll refrain from wasting ink. Sweet Will, I am ...

— Stories of Many Lands • Grace Greenwood

... hands, then a cloud of towzled hair under a black crape bonnet vanishes down the platform, and Mrs. Roche is left alone, with the pieces of torn cardboard and the scent of patchouli ...

— When the Birds Begin to Sing • Winifred Graham

... thing that struck him when he entered the vestibule, was a smell of patchouli, a perfume he disliked exceedingly. He observed that a number of large trunks and boxes were standing there, and he thought there was a strange expression on the face of the servant who hastily came to meet him. He did ...

— Liza - "A nest of nobles" • Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Words linked to "Patchouly" : Pogostemon, perfume, essence, shrub, bush, genus Pogostemon, pachouli