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Pot Pourri

a dish of various kinds of meat and vegetables cooked together.

Also: 1. A mixture of rose leaves and various spices, kept in jars or other vessels as a scent. 2. A vase or bouquet of flowers used to perfume a room. 3. In music, a medley; a collection of various tunes linked together; together; a capriccio or fantasia on popular melodies. 4. A literrary composition made up of several parts put together without any unity of plot or plan.

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