potpourri
noun/ˌpəʊpʊˈriː/
/ˌpəʊpʊˈriː/
(from French)- [uncountable, countable] a mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for making a room smell pleasant
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- [singular] a mixture of various things that were not originally intended to form a group
- a potpourri of tunes
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a stew made of different kinds of meat): from French, literally ‘rotten pot’.
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