Usually means: Earthy, musky scent from plant.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. patchouli: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patchouli: Merriam-Webster
  3. patchouli: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patchouli: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. patchouli: Collins English Dictionary
  6. patchouli: Vocabulary.com
  7. Patchouli, patchouli: Wordnik
  8. patchouli: Wiktionary
  9. patchouli: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. patchouli (patchouly or pachouli): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. patchouli: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Patchouli, patchouli: Dictionary.com
  13. patchouli: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Patchouli: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Patchouli: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. patchouli: Rhymezone
  17. Patchouli: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. patchouli: FreeDictionary.org
  19. patchouli: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. patchouli: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patchouli: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patchouli: Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

(Note: See patchoulis as well.)

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▸ noun:  Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil.
▸ noun:  The oil or perfume made from these plants.

Similar:
patchouly, pachouli, pogostemon cablin, grass oil, pouteria, pogonia, putchock, patchuk, potpourri, frangipani, more...

Opposite:
unscented, odorless, scentless.

Phrases:
patchouli oil, pogostemon patchouli, more...

Adjectives:
pogostemon, stale, faint, decayed, sweetest, parisian, intense
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Similar:
patchouly, pachouli, pogostemon cablin, grass oil, pouteria, pogonia, putchock, patchuk, potpourri, frangipani, more...

Opposite:
unscented, odorless, scentless.

Phrases:
patchouli oil, pogostemon patchouli, more...

Adjectives:
pogostemon, stale, faint, decayed, sweetest, parisian, intense



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