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: alimuom

Etymology

From petro + ichor for the article “Nature of Argillaceous Odour”, co-authored by and published in the journal w:nature (journal), nature..

See also

geosmin

Anagrams

chiropter, pre-rhotic, prerhotic

Is Petrichor a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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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