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PROFANITY:

Component In Perfume Or Medicine

We've checked our database and believe the answer is ORRIS which was last seen in the New York Times NYT crossword.
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noun

• German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome

• fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines

25%7 "Medicine" that doesn't actually contain medicine
noun

• an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

• (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

25%5 Used in traditional medicine and perfume production
noun

• cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes

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New York Times15 Sep 1981 Across 34
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