Root used in perfumery
The crossword clue "Root used in perfumery" is answered by ORRIS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
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ORRIS
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Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ORRIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORRIS, most used first.
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