Definitions for vetivers

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vetivers vet·i·ver

Spelling: [vet-uh-ver]

IPA: /ˈvɛt ə vər/

Vetivers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in vetivers (eeirstvv).

Definitions for vetivers

noun

1. the long, fibrous, aromatic roots of an East Indian grass, Vetiveria zizanioides, used for making hangings and screens and yielding an oil used in perfumery.
2. Also called khus-khus. the grass itself.
3. the long, fibrous, aromatic roots of an East Indian grass, Vetiveria zizanioides, used for making hangings and screens and yielding an oil used in perfumery.
4. Also called khus-khus. the grass itself.

Origin of vetivers

First recorded in 1840-50, vetiver is from the Tamil word veṭṭivēr

Examples for vetivers

The women powder their hair with an odorous substance obtained from the berries of the vetiver.

She would go into ecstasies on breathing in the patchouli and vetiver used for Cashmere shawls.

She would go into ecstasies on breathing in the patchouli and vetiver used for Cashmere shawls.

The women powder their hair with an odorous substance obtained from the berries of the vetiver.