patchouli
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /pəˈt͡ʃuli/
Noun
patchouli (countable and uncountable, plural patchoulis)
- Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil.
- The oil or perfume made from these plants.
- 1976, Peter Wood, Al Stewart, “Year of the Cat”, in Year of the Cat:
- Well she looks at you so coolly / And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea / She comes in incense and patchouli
Translations
any of several East Indian plants
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the oil or perfume made from these plants
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Further reading
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat.ʃu.li/
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Noun
patchouli m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “patchouli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
patchouli m (plural patchoulis)
- alternative spelling of patchuli