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en⋅fleu⋅rage

[ahn-fluh-rahzh; Fr. ahn-flœ-razh]
–noun
a process of extracting perfumes by exposing inodorous oils or fats to the exhalations of flowers.

Origin:
1850–55; < F, equiv. to enfleur(er) to impregnate with scent of flowers (en- en- 1 + -fleurer, deriv. of fleur flower ) + -age -age
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en·fleu·rage   (ŏn'flə-räzh', -räj')   
n.  A process in making perfume in which odorless fats or oils absorb the fragrance of fresh flowers.

[French, from enfleurer, to saturate with the perfume of flowers : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + fleur, flower (from Old French flour, from Latin flōs, flōr-; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots).]
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