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potpourri
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thumb|Painting of a woman making potpourri by Herbert James Draper, 1897.

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thumb|Painting of a woman making potpourri by Herbert James Draper, 1897.

Potpourri ( ) or pot-pourri (OED) is a mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant materials used to provide a gentle natural scent, commonly in residential settings. It is often placed in a decorative bowl.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “potpourri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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