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Attar

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noun. A fragrant essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. The chemical composition of this valuable perfume has been carefully studied, and its principal constituent, geraniol (C₁₀H₁₈O), obtained from cheaper sources (as from the essential oil of Indian grass or Turkish geranium), is now — with perhaps the addition of some of the minor constituents, also from relatively cheap sources — offered for sale as synthetic attar of roses.

noun. In the East Indies, a general term for a perfume from flowers.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. an essential oil extracted from flowers

noun. a perfume made from this oil

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noun. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers

Word Usage

"Yet here were beautiful Gûlistan roses (the exquisitely sweet little rose from which the attar is made), and English mignonette, and sweet-scented verbena and jasmine."

Form

attar of roses

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

essential oil volatile oil

Hyponym

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attar of roses rose oil

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Hatter Tatar antimatter batter blatter

Same Context

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Opopanax Pinot aloes ambergris azulene

Synonym

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ambergris ambrosia aromatic aromatic gum aromatic water

variant

ottar otto