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The process of extracting fragrance (essential oils) from flowers by using unscented wax or fat, then extracting with alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from French enfleurage.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
enfleurage
— the process of extracting fragrance from flowers
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Macedonian:
анфлера́жа
(anfleráža)
— the process of extracting fragrance from flowers
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Spanish:
enfloraje
— the process of extracting fragrance from flowers
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Spanish:
maceración
— the process of extracting fragrance from flowers