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patchouli en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈt͡ʃuli/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil பச்சுளி (paccuḷi).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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 patchouli 1976, Peter Wood, Al Stewart, “Year of the Cat”, in Year of the Cat:

Forms

Deriveds

patchoulied · patchoulol

Relateds

mint

Translations (37)

pl paczulka (any of several East Indian plants) · pl brodziec paczulka (any of several East Indian plants) · pl paczulka wonna (any of several East Indian plants) · hi पचौली (any of several East Indian plants) · ka პაჩული (any of several East Indian plants) · uk пачу́лі (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · io pachulio (any of several East Indian plants) · ta பச்சுளி (any of several East Indian plants) · hi पचौली (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · id nilam (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · fi patsuli (any of several East Indian plants) · pl paczula (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · yi פּאַטשולי (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · fr patchouli (any of several East Indian plants) · ro paciuli (any of several East Indian plants) · ja パチョリ (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · uk пачу́лі (any of several East Indian plants) · pt patchuli (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · ka პაჩული (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · ga paitsiúlaí (any of several East Indian plants) · bg пачули (any of several East Indian plants) · ja パチュリ (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · fi patsuli (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · sv patchouli (any of several East Indian plants) · hu pacsuli (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · kk пачули (any of several East Indian plants) · ga paitsiúlaí (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · yi פּאַטשולי (any of several East Indian plants) · pt patchuli (any of several East Indian plants) · io pachulio (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · hu pacsuli (any of several East Indian plants) · pl paczula (any of several East Indian plants) · tr paçuli (any of several East Indian plants) · id nilam (any of several East Indian plants) · ro paciuli (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · ja パチュリー (the oil or perfume made from these plants) · fr patchouli (the oil or perfume made from these plants)