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essence

any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

Synonyms:

• affective meaning,
• ambergris,
• ambrosia,
• aroma,
• aromatic,
• aromatic gum,
• aromatic water,
• artifact,
• aspect,
• at bottom,
• attar,
• attar of roses,
• attribute,
• au fond,
• axiom,
• balm,
• balm of Gilead,
• balsam,
• basically,
• basis,
• bay oil,
• be-all and end-all,
• bearing,
• being,
• bench mark,
• bergamot oil,
• best part,
• better part,
• body,
• bottom,
• brainchild,
• breath,
• bulk,
• burden,
• cardinal point,
• case,
• center,
• champaca oil,
• chapter,
• chief thing,
• child,
• civet,
• climax,
• coinage,
• coloring,
• composition,
• concentrate,
• concentration,
• concern,
• concoction,
• connotation,
• consequence,
• core,
• cornerstone,
• creation,
• creature,
• crisis,
• critical,
• critical point,
• crowning achievement,
• crucial,
• crux,
• decoction,
• definite odor,
• denotation,
• detectable odor,
• distillate,
• distillation,
• drift,
• effect,
• effluvium,
• element,
• elixir,
• emanation,
• end product,
• ens,
• entity,
• esse,
• essential,
• essential matter,
• essential oil,
• essentiality,
• essentially,
• exhalation,
• existence,
• extension,
• extract,
• extraction,
• fabric,
• fiber,
• fixative,
• flavor,
• flower,
• focus,
• focus of attention,
• focus of interest,
• force,
• form,
• fragrance,
• fruit,
• fume,
• fundamental,
• fundamentally,
• generality,
• gist,
• grammatical meaning,
• gravamen,
• great point,
• handiwork,
• head,
• heading,
• heart,
• heliotrope,
• high point,
• hypostasis,
• idea,
• impact,
• implication,
• import,
• important,
• important thing,
• in effect,
• in essence,
• indispensable,
• infusion,
• inner essence,
• intension,
• invention,
• inwardness,
• issue,
• jasmine oil,
• kernel,
• keystone,
• landmark,
• lavender oil,
• lexical meaning,
• life,
• literal meaning,
• living issue,
• main body,
• main point,
• main thing,
• major part,
• majority,
• manufacture,
• marrow,
• mass,
• masterpiece,
• masterwork,
• material,
• material point,
• materiality,
• materially,
• matter,
• matter in hand,
• meaning,
• meat,
• medium,
• milestone,
• mintage,
• most,
• motif,
• motive,
• musk,
• myrcia oil,
• myrrh,
• nature,
• new mintage,
• nub,
• nubbin,
• nucleus,
• nuts and bolts,
• occurrence,
• odor,
• of the essence,
• offspring,
• opera,
• opus,
• opuscule,
• origination,
• outcome,
• outgrowth,
• overtone,
• parfum,
• perfume,
• perfumery,
• pertinence,
• pith,
• pivot,
• plurality,
• point,
• point at issue,
• point in question,
• postulate,
• practical consequence,
• presence,
• principle,
• problem,
• product,
• production,
• property,
• purification,
• purport,
• quality,
• question,
• quid,
• quiddity,
• quintessence,
• quintessential,
• range of meaning,
• real issue,
• real meaning,
• recap,
• recapitulation,
• redolence,
• reference,
• referent,
• refinement,
• relation,
• relevance,
• requisite,
• result,
• resume,
• rock bottom,
• root,
• rose oil,
• rubric,
• run-through,
• rundown,
• salient point,
• sap,
• savor,
• scent,
• scope,
• semantic cluster,
• semantic field,
• sense,
• significance,
• signification,
• significatum,
• signifie,
• sine qua non,
• smell,
• soul,
• span of meaning,
• spirit,
• spoor,
• stench,
• structural meaning,
• stuff,
• subject,
• subject matter,
• subject of thought,
• subsistence,
• substance,
• substantiality,
• substantially,
• substantive point,
• subtle odor,
• sum,
• sum and substance,
• summary,
• summation,
• symbolic meaning,
• tenor,
• text,
• texture,
• the bottom line,
• the nitty-gritty,
• the point,
• theme,
• thrust,
• timber,
• tincture,
• topic,
• totality of associations,
• trace,
• trail,
• transferred meaning,
• turning point,
• unadorned meaning,
• undertone,
• value,
• virtuality,
• virtually,
• vital,
• volatile oil,
• whiff,
• work