champa
9.1
A scented product made from the sweet smelling flowers of a tropical tree
- noun
- Indian
:
fragancia de champa
- And so if you ask where Nog Champa comes from, it's like that that smell of Nog Champa is the is the hippie smell of that time.
Examples
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The store sells a variety of champa incense that fills the room with a wonderful floral scent.
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She bought some champa soap, which left her skin smelling sweet and fresh.
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The air was fragrant with the aroma of champa flowers as we walked through the garden.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word champa for scents comes from the same Indian flower name campaka, which was used for anything that had the flower's 'sweet scent'. So a champa soap, incense, or perfume is a product named because it smells of that flower.
