attar
/ˈatə
/(also otto)
noun
A fragrant essential oil, typically made from rose petals: attar of roses...
- More than 90 per cent of the rose attar produced in Bulgaria is exported to the US, France and Switzerland.
- The valley of Taif in Western Saudi Arabia near Jeddah is famous the world over for its rose attar and water.
- This is because they contain the same essential oils as attar of roses.
Origin
Late 17th century: via Persian from Arabic ‘iṭr 'perfume, essence'.
Rhymes
- picture ring
- picture rod
- picture-roll
- picture search
- picture show
- picture signal
- picture sleeve
- picture space
- picturesque
- picturesque gardening
- picturesquely
- picturesqueness
- picturesquerie
- picture stage
- picture telegraphy
- picture telephone
- picture tie
- picture tube
- picture window
- picture-windowed
- picture wire
- picture-word
- picture writing
- picturise
- picturization