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petrichor Tweet Definition of petrichor Like Definition of petrichor on Facebook
noun 
  1. The scent of rain on dry earth.
  2. The yellow organic oil that yields this scent.
Etymology: From Greek (petros, stone) + á (ichor, ichor), thus "rock-essence." The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964 for an article in the journal Nature.

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