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ATTAR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does attar mean?

• ATTAR (noun)
The noun ATTAR has 1 sense:

1. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers

Familiarity information: ATTAR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ATTAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atar; athar; attar; ottar

Hypernyms ("attar" is a kind of...):

essential oil; volatile oil (an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "attar"):

attar of roses; rose oil (a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation)

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