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drydown en · NOUN

Etymology

From dry + down and deverbal from dry down.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:perfumery, uncountable) The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.
   • In those days I didn't buy perfumes, and initially thought Chamade was two fragrances: I would smell the drydown on passers-by and find it wonderful, but it took me months to connect it to the nondescript floral green top note. 2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, “Chamade”, in Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115:
2. (countable, uncountable) The physiologically mature phase in the ripening of a crop, where the fruit attains the desired trait of desiccation, suiting it for harvest and storage (e.g. maize, soybean).
3. (countable, uncountable) A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated.

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