vetiver

substantiivi

  1. Tropiikissa kasvava ruoho, jonka juurista saadaan eteeristä öljyä.

    Vetiverin tuoksu on rauhoittava ja sitä käytetään usein aromaterapiassa.

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Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) on ruoho, joka kuuluuheinäkasvien (Poaceae) heimoon. Se kasvaa erityisesti trooppisilla ja subtrooppisilla alueilla, kuten Intiassa, Sri Lankassa ja Indonesiassa. Vetiverin juurista saadaan voimakasta eteeristä öljyä, jota käytetään laajalti parfyymiteollisuudessa ja aromaterapiassa. Vetiveriä arvostetaan sen maaperää parantavista ominaisuuksista, ja sitä käytetään myös eroosion ehkäisyssä ja maaperän stabiloinnissa. Kasvi tunnetaan myös sen kylmänkestävyydestä ja kyvystä kestää kuivia olosuhteita.

Käännökset

englanti The grass (taxlink) (
2003, Anand Akhila, Mumkum Rani, 4: Chemical Conatituents and Essential Oil Biogenisis in Vetiveria zizanioides, Massimo Maffei (editor), Vetiveria: The Genus Vetiveria, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SMXV-FFQlpcC&pg=PA73&dq=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jZ-FU6z9KcvNlAWxoID4Bg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&f=false page 73,
Two types of vetiver have been found in India – (i) flowering or seeding vetiver which grows wild in North India, and (ii) non-flowering or non-seeding vetiver which is cultivated in South India.
2007, R. Sinha, et al., Phytoremediation: Role of Plants in Site Management, S.N. Singh, R. D. Tripathi, Environmental Bioremediation Technologies, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DY66MkyLriEC&pg=PA328&dq=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jZ-FU6z9KcvNlAWxoID4Bg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&f=false page 328,
Vetiver can easily thrive in wetlands and can be used in the constructed wetlands for removal of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and heavy metals from the polluted storm water, municipal and industrial wastewater, and effluents from abattoirs, feedlots, piggeries and other intensive livestock industries.
2008, Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Principles of Soil Conservation and Management, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Wj3690PbDY0C&pg=PA237&dq=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jZ-FU6z9KcvNlAWxoID4Bg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&f=false page 237,
Vetiver barriers are planted in 0.50–1m wide strips to minimize the land area under the barrier. Vetiver grass is the only species that is effective for controlling soil erosion on steep terrains (30 and 60% slope). Vetiver strips are also used as windbreaks.
The aromatic root of the grass.
An essential oil derived from the root; the fragrance of the oil.
2006, (w), (w), Vintage 2007, p. 612,
She pressed his hand and was gone in a mist of vetiver, abruptly as the other evening.
2007, Parvesh Handa, Be Your Own Beautician, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7lvEN6lzSRMC&pg=PA132&dq=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jZ-FU6z9KcvNlAWxoID4Bg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&f=false page 132,
A sweet scent which relieves stress, tension and headache, promotes restful sleep, heals the skin, lowers high blood pressure and cures sunburn (when blended with cedarwood, clove, clary sage, pine, geranium, vetiver and patchouli).
2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The A-Z Guide, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8a-Q0uZU9o8C&pg=PA311&dq=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=isuFU7X0LsewkgWu8YGwCA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22vetiver%22%7C%22vetivers%22&f=false page 311,
(..)it came in a joyful fuzz of hair spray and noise, with a delicious, dissonant Habanita-like base of patchouli-vetiver-vanilla putting a growl in its voice.
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