Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- Also atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Also called attar of roses. rose oil.
noun
- an essential oil from flowers, esp the damask rose, used pure or as a base for perfumeattar of roses
1798, from Persian ‘atar-gul “essence of roses,” from ‘atar “fragrance,” from Arabic ‘utur “perfumes, aromas.”