iris-root

There was an odour of iris-root and damp sheets that escaped from a large oak chest opposite the window.

Madame Bovary 2003

"This destroys the evil spirits that make infection," Iza motioned, pointing to the antiseptic iris-root solution.

The Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean M. 1980

There was an odour of iris-root and damp sheets that escaped from a large oak chest opposite the window.

Madame Bovary 1902

At the further end of this bland apartment, fragrant with the rare woods of the old inlaid panelling, the falling of aromatic oil from the ready-lighted lamps, the iris-root clinging to the dresses of the guests, as with odours from the [78] altars of the gods, the supper - table was spread, in all the daintiness characteristic of the agreeable petit-maître, who entertained.

Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 Walter Pater 1866

There was an odor of iris-root and damp sheets that escaped from

Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Gustave Flaubert 1850

There was an odour of iris-root and damp sheets that escaped from a large oak chest opposite the window.

Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert 1850