enfleurage

(än′flə räz̸h′, Fr än flë rȧz̸h′)

noun

a process of extracting perfumes by having fats absorb the exhalations of certain flowers

Origin: Fr < en-, in + fleur, flower

See enfleurage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A process in making perfume in which odorless fats or oils absorb the fragrance of fresh flowers.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from enfleurer, to saturate with the perfume of flowers

Origin: : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹

Origin: + fleur, flower (from Old French flour, from Latin flōs, flōr-; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots)

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