Attar

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
   countable, uncountable
3. A perfume made from this oil.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.”

“I bequeath to you my literary work⟳. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life.”

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