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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes;
[syn: patchouli, patchouly, pachouli, Pogostemon cablin]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

pachouli \pachouli\ n. (Bot.) A small East Indian shrubby mint (Pogostemon cablin); a fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes. Syn: patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Patchouli \Pa*tchou"li\, Patchouly \Pa*tchou"ly\, n. [CF. F. patchouli; prob. of East Indian origin.] 1. (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. Syn: pachouli, Pogostemon cablin. [1913 Webster] 2. The heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant. [1913 Webster] Patchouly camphor (Chem.), a substance homologous with and resembling borneol, found in patchouly oil. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pogostemon cablin n 1: small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes [syn: patchouli, patchouly, pachouli, Pogostemon cablin]