orris
IPA: ˈɔrɪs
noun
- Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris × germanica.
- The fragrant root of such an iris.
- A type of gold or silver lace.
- A pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked, especially one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
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Examples of "orris" in Sentences
- Generally, orris root is used for this purpose.
- Orris oil is an essential oil derived from irises.
- The odor of this substance is perceived as orris, fat and cucumber.
- The powder contained orris root, carbonate of calcium, and magnesia.
- The original site for the Adam Orris House was occupied by a private school.
- It is cultivated for extraction of essential oils from its rhizome orris root .
- To prolong the potpourri's scent, use a fixative—a powdered root like orris or angelica, available at herbco.com .
- Then the delectable, creamy blend of vanilla, heliotrope and orris, which is like a layer of dark-golden nougat ...
- It looks as though we may have lost the rhubarb plants completely to the winter, but the orris root irises are coming up, as well as the very tenacious lemon balm.
- For his new fragrance, he explodes the notion of a shrinking violet with a lavish list of fancy floral notes like violet leaf, ultra-rare Tuscan orris root and a touch of benzoin and musk. $100, saks.com
- But no orris root really fascinated and excited me as much as a particular batch I received from Eden Botanical: Beurre d’Iris aka orris butter -which really is the essential oil, but with a consistency of crumbly butter or powdery wax.
- In order to create a unique taste, Jared Brown went through a raft of historical recipes from the 1,000-drinks-book library at his home in Gloucestershire, and started experimenting with ingredients such as Italian orris root and Chinese cassia bark.
- When I use violet flower note in my perfumes, it is a compound made if various oils that are rich in ionone - such as orris root, violet leaf absolute, boronia along with other floral oils or absolutes to round off the accord and give it a soft flowery impression.
- And it was then a matter of experimenting with the botanicals – Macedonian juniper berries, Bulgarian coriander seed, French angelica root, Spanish liquorice root, Italian orris root, Spanish ground almond, Chinese cassia bark, Madagascan cinnamon, and Spanish orange peel and lemon peel – and designing the still.
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