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Definition of Attar
1. Noun. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
Generic synonyms: Essential Oil, Volatile Oil
Specialized synonyms: Attar Of Roses, Rose Oil
Definition of Attar
1. n. A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses.
Definition of Attar
1. Noun. an essential oil extracted from flowers ¹
2. Noun. a perfume made from this oil ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Attar
1. a fragrant oil [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attar
Literary usage of Attar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"attar OF ROSE. BY DR. R. BAUR, OF CONSTANTINOPLE. attar of rose, or rose-oil, is
the volatile oil obtained on the southern slopes of the Balkan by ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"Pure attar of rose, carefully distilled, is at first colorless, ... Pure attar
of rose, once distilled, solidifies at a temperature of from 11° C. to 16° C. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"If, however, attar of roses be the thing here spoken of, great historical results
may be derived. Cashmer had formerly its own kings, which also its annals ..."
4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1868)
"Geranium oil is mixed with attar in almost any proportion, from a few parts per
... Thus it will be seen that the business of adulterating attar is somewhat ..."
5. Persian Portraits: A Sketch of Persian History, Literature and Politics by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (1887)
"Shaikh Farid-uddin attar, surnamed Muhammad Ibrahim, was a druggist and dealer
in perfumes, from which he took his poetical name, and only abandoned his ..."
6. Pictures from the Balkans by John Foster Fraser (1906)
"LADIES who are fond of the most precious of perfumes, attar of roses, will find,
if they have the best attar, ..."
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