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語源

Borrowed from Tamil பச்சுளி (paccuḷi).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃuli/

名詞

patchouli (countable and uncountable, plural patchoulis)

1. Any of several East Indian plants in the genus Pogostemon, especially Pogostemon cablin, which yield a highly fragrant oil.
2. The oil or perfume made from these plants.
   • 1976, Peter Wood, Al Stewart, “Year of the Cat”, in Year of the Cat:

     Well she looks at you so coolly / And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea / She comes in incense and patchouli

派生語

参考

Further reading

• patchouli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia