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Webster 1913 Edition


Attar

At′tar

,
Noun.
[Per.
’atar
perfume, essence, Ar.
'itr
, fr.
'atara
to smell sweet. Cf.
Otto
.]
A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.
[Also written
otto
and
ottar
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Attar

AT'TAR

,
Noun.
The essential oil or essence of roses.

Definition 2024


attar

attar

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attar (plural attars)

  1. an essential oil extracted from flowers
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 125,
      I bequeath to you my literary work. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life.
  2. a perfume made from this oil

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