citronelle
(sɪtrəˈnɛl)
[Fr., ad. mod.L. citronella (see prec.).]
= citronella; also, a beverage made from this.
| 1861 Bentley Man. Bot. 699 Cetronelle or Citronelle oil, is the produce of this or of an allied species of Andropogon. 1882 [see citronella]. 1899 Scribner's Mag. XXV. 50/1 As gay with flowers as a girl's hat, and as fragrant of sweet-olive, citronelle, and heliotrope as her garments. 1921 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 604/2, I tasted a new drink called ‘citronelle’, a kind of tea made from a grass which the French cultivate in their gardens. |