Component In Perfume Or Medicine Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome • fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
	26%	7		"Medicine" that doesn't actually contain medicine
	noun • an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug • (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
	26%	5		Perfume component
	noun • essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers

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New York Times15 Sep 1981	Across 34
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