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neroly

neroly is the obsolete spelling of neroli.

Meaning of neroli

Noun

neroli (countable and uncountable, plural nerolis)

  1. More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.
    • NEROLY, a ſort of Perfume.[1724, N[athan] Bailey, “NEROLY”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, column 2

Questions about neroly

What is neroly the obsolete spelling of?
Neroly is the obsolete spelling of neroli.

Words near neroly in the dictionary

  1. nerolic acid
  2. nerolidol
  3. nerolidyl
  4. nerolis
  5. nerols
  6. neroly
  7. Neron
  8. Nerong
  9. Neroni
  10. Neronian
  11. Neronic

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