/ ˌpəʊpʊˈriː; NAmE ˌpoʊ/ noun (from French )
1.
[ U , C ] a mixture of dried flowers and leaves used for making a room smell pleasant
2.
[ sing. ] a mixture of various things that were not originally intended to form a group :
a potpourri of tunes
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (denoting a stew made of different kinds of meat): from French , literally rotten pot .