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/Ëpet.rÉª.kÉËr/ /Ëpet.rÉª.kÉËr/ specialized. âº the smell produced when rain falls on dry ground, usually experienced as being pleasant. (Definition of âpetrichorâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press)
For the song by Phish, see Big Boat. Petrichor (/ËpÉtráµ»kÉÉr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek ÏÎ­ÏÏÎ± petra, meaning stone, and á¼°ÏÏÏ Ä«chÅr, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. The term was coined in 1964 by two Australian CSIRO researchers, Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature.