Definitions For Petrichor
Noun
PETRICHOR (uncountable) The distinctive#adjective, distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompany, accompanies the first rain#noun, rain after a long, warm#adjective, warm, dry spell. The yellow organic oil that yields this scent.Translations
Chinese: : Mandarin: 潮土油 (cháotǔyóu, sc=Hani) Czech: vůně deště, f Esperanto: petriĥoro Finnish: sade, sateen tuoksu French: petrichor, m German: Petrichor, m Hebrew: פטריכור, sc=Hebr Indonesian: petrikor Italian: petricore, m Japanese: ペトリコール (petorikōru, sc=Jpan) Portuguese: petricor, m, petricor, m Russian: петрихо́р, m Spanish: petricor, m Tagalog: alimuomEtymology
From petro + ichor for the article “Nature of Argillaceous Odour”, co-authored by and published in the journal w:nature (journal), nature..See also
geosminAnagrams
chiropter, pre-rhotic, prerhoticIs Petrichor a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
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Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
17
The word Petrichor is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends
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