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ottar

ottar is the alternative form of attar.

Meaning of attar

Noun

attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)

  1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
    • Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.1857, G[eorge] W[illiam] Septimus Piesse, “Section III”, in The Art of Perfumery, and Method of Obtaining the Odors of Plants, […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Lindsay and Blackiston, →OCLC, page 78
  2. A perfume made from this oil.

See all 3 meanings of attar

Forms of ottar

pluralottars

Questions about ottar

What is ottar the alternative form of?
Ottar is the alternative form of attar.

Words near ottar in the dictionary

  1. Otsukas
  2. Otsukimi
  3. ott
  4. otta
  5. ottah
  6. ottar
  7. ottariid
  8. ottariids
  9. ottars
  10. ottava
  11. ottava rima

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