February 2010
Petrichor
Noun 1. The scent of rain on earth after a dry spell.
2. The yellow organic oil that yields this scent.
Etymology From Greek πέτρα (pétra), “‘stone’”) + ἰχώρ (íchôr), “‘essence’”) The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964 for an article in the journal Nature.
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