ambrette
noun
am·brette
(ˈ)am¦bret
plural -s
1
: a French dessert pear having a musky odor
2
a
: abelmosk
b
or ambrette seed : the seed of the abelmosk that resembles millet and has a musky scent
called also amber seed, musk seed
c
: a fragrant oil extracted from ambrette seed that is used chiefly in perfumery as a fixative
3
: musk ambrette
Word History
Etymology
French, from Old French, from ambre amber + -ette
First Known Use
1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- holy oil
- Holy One
- holy order
- Holy People
- holy place
- holy pole
- Holy Roller
- Holy Roman Empire
- Holy Sacrament
- Holy Saturday
- Holy Scripture
- Holy Scriptures
- Holy See
- holy smoke
- holy spear
- Holy Spirit
- Holy Synod
- Holy Table
- holy terror
- holy thistle
- Holy Thursday
- holy tree
- Holy Trinity
- holy unction
- holy war