smells and words

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  petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) noun

  The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.

  [From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is

  supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined by

  researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.]

  "Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils

  given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and

  released into the air after a first rain."

  Matthew Bettelheim; Nature's Laboratory; Shasta Parent (Mt Shasta, 

  California); Jan 2002.

  "But, even in the other pieces, her prose breaks into passages of lyrical

  beauty that come as a sorely needed revifying petrichor amid the pitiless

  glare of callousness and cruelty."

  Pradip Bhattacharya; Forest Interludes; Indianest.com; Jul 29, 2001.

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