Potpourri
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Potpourri or pot-pourri is a mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant materials used to provide a gentle natural scent, commonly in residential settings. It is often placed in a decorative bowl.
Painting of a woman making potpourri by Herbert James Draper, 1897.
Pot Pourri, a painting of two children making pot-pourri by John Everett Millais, 1856.
Potpourri vase
A dried rose. Dried flowers are a common component of potpourris.
Oxford English Dictionary
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The Oxford English Dictionary is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press, a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which began
Potpourri
…Potpourri ( POH-puu-REE) or pot-pourri (OED) is a mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant materials used to provide a gentle natural scent, commonly in residential settings. It is often placed…
Seven of the twenty volumes of the printed second edition of The Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
William Chester Minor, 1834–1920
James Murray in the Scriptorium at Banbury Road
A quotation slip as used in the compilation of the OED, illustrating the word flood