0 a mixture of dried petals and leaves from various flowers and plants that is used to give a room a pleasant smell:
1 a mixture of dried flower petals and spices, used to make a room or drawer smell pleasant:
Potpourri can cast a powerful barrier to protect others.
A potpourri of development methodologies and software development tools were promulgated, often championed by independent consultants brought in as troubleshooters on critical projects.
In the traditional designs a potpourri container is provided with a pierced fitted lid, through which the scent may slowly diffuse.
Potpourri is named after potpourri, a mixture of dried plants used to provide fragrance.
Most of the overtures are structured as a "potpourri" of tunes from the operas in three sections: fast, slow and fast.
To a potpourri of themes from earlier in the opera, groups of protesters are seen on the march, in conflict with one another, while the city burns in the background.
They used it as mascara, stirred saffron threads into their wines, cast it aloft in their halls and streets as a potpourri, and offered it to their deities.
The beans themselves are said to be not meant for consumption, but are instead used to give off an aroma in other words, a type of potpourri for coffee drinkers.
