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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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Etymology of 'Patchouly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Patchouly" Quotes from Famous Books

... oppressive summer day, and weighed on him alike with a vague disgust. The woman luxuriated in perfume; some heavy odor always hung about her. Holmes, thinking of her now, fancied he felt it stifling the air, and opened the window for breath. Patchouli or copperas,—what was the difference? The mill and his future wife came to him together; it was scarcely his fault, if he thought of them as one, or muttered, "Damnable clog!" as he sat down to write, his cold eye growing colder. But he did not argue the question any longer; decision had come keenly ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 50, December, 1861 • Various

... the deuce, if you like, my dear," declared Jasper with a calm smile. "I merely warn you that you are on the way to finding yourself in the street, if I may be allowed to speak out. Have another cigarette, and spray some patchouli about the room. There are more geese than one, as you say; and, after all, it is hard if you can't indulge in onions in your own room at one o'clock in ...

— Adrien Leroy • Charles Garvice

... similar manner. The metaphor is completed by what we are pleased to call semi-odors, such as rose and rose geranium for the half note; petty grain, neroli, a black key, followed by fleur d'orange. Then we have patchouli, sandal-wood, and vitivert, and many ...

— The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants • G. W. Septimus Piesse

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