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essence
A	noun
	1	perfume, essence
				a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚toiletry; toilet article; toiletries ╚perfume, essence ╚toilet water; eau de toilette ╚rose water ╚potpourri ╚perfumery ╚patchouli; patchouly; pachouli ╚cologne; cologne water; eau de cologne
	2	kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
				the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty ╚stuff ╚quintessence ╚quiddity; haecceity ╚hypostasis ╚bare bones
	3	effect, essence, burden, core, gist
				the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚meaning; significance; signification; import ╚effect, essence, burden, core, gist
	4	essence
				any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚essence

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