patchouli
nounUS /pəˈt͡ʃuli/
Etymology Borrowed from Tamil பச்சுளி (paccuḷi).
1
Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil.
2
The oil or perfume made from these plants.
- Well she looks at you so coolly / And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea / She comes in incense and patchouli1976, Peter Wood, Al Stewart, “Year of the Cat”, in Year of the Cat:
- Derived terms
- patchoulied, patchoulol
- Related terms
- mint