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rose oil - a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation

attar of roses

atar, athar, attar, ottar - essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers

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Alec for the oatmeal diet when she saw a lovely ivory workbox; became resigned to the state of her belt when she found a pile of rainbow-coloured sashes; and when she came to some distractingly pretty bottles of attar of rose, she felt that they almost atoned for the great sin of thinking Phebe the finer girl of the two.

Phebe sniffed attar of rose, crunched the "Lump of Delight" tucked into her mouth, and stared with all her eyes at little Morgiana prancing about the room like a brilliant paroquet.

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Stephen Guest, whose diamond ring, attar of roses, and air of nonchalant leisure, at twelve o'clock in the day, are the graceful and odoriferous result of the largest oil-mill and the most extensive wharf in St.

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The first essential oil, attar of rose, was bottled by the Arabian physician Avicenna about 1,000 years ago.

What's behind all those different floral scents

Named after Damascus, the Damask Rose, has long been used for rose oil or "attar of roses", and is commonly used to flavour food and make rose water.

Damask Rose, the queen of flowers and Syria's Ambassador to the world

Which rose is the main source of the fragrant essential oil attar of roses? A Damask rose B White Rose C Heracleum Rose D Edda Rose 14.

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Attar of Roses Trailing growth habit Large leaves emit with clusters of small a distinctive rose pink blooms.

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Which rose is the main source of the fragrant essential oil attar of roses? Which famous mountain pass connects the Afghan capital Kabul with the city of Peshawar in Pakistan?