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🌿 A fragrant plant 💧 A strong perfume
pachouli

pachouli

9.9
A small Indian plant with strong-smelling leaves used in perfumes
  • noun
  • /pəˈtʃuːli/
  • UK
translation icon : pachulí
  • She bought a bottle of pachouli essential oil at the herbal shop.

Examples

  • Many perfumes contain pachouli oil to add a rich, earthy scent.

  • The pachouli plant is prized for its aromatic leaves used in traditional incense.

  • I love the scent of pachouli in my candles.

  • The pachouli plant thrives in warm climates.

  • Many perfumes contain pachouli oil to add a rich, earthy scent.

  • She bought a bottle of pachouli essential oil at the herbal shop.

  • The pachouli plant is prized for its aromatic leaves used in traditional incense.

Synonyms

patchouli
vspachouli
3 8.8

A small bushy plant from tropical Asia whose strong smelling leaves produce oil for perfume

is an alternate spelling used for the same plant name
Pogostemon cablin
vspachouli
  • Specialized
9.9

A small tropical mint plant with strong-smelling leaves used to make perfume oil

is the common English name rather than the scientific label
patchouly
vspachouli
  • UK
9.9

A small mint plant with fragrant leaves used to make perfume oil

emphasizes perfume use rather than wider therapeutic use

Surface Forms

pachouli singular
pachoulis plural

Etymology

Pachouli comes from an old Tamil phrase paccai ilai meaning 'green' and 'leaf', a name that passed into Hindi and then into English. Because the plant's strong smell comes from its leaves, this image of a 'green leaf' helps you remember that pachouli is a small shrub whose fragrant oil comes from its leaves.