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ATHAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does athar mean?
• ATHAR (noun)
The noun ATHAR has 1 sense:
1. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
Familiarity information: ATHAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("athar" 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 "athar"):
attar of roses; rose oil (a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation)
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