A rare or archaic term, possibly referring to a type of perfume, fragrance, or scent compound used in Middle Eastern or colonial contexts.
Likely from Arabic roots (attar = fragrance/perfume) + -gul (Persian/Arabic for rose). This specialized term would have been used by perfumers and merchants in the spice trade.
This word survives mostly in 19th-century trade documents and colonial correspondence where British merchants tried to describe Middle Eastern perfume blends with borrowed terminology that mostly didn't stick around.
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