adjective
- Having odor or a characteristic odor.
- usage: "odorous jasmine flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread"
- Emitting an odor.
- usage: "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
- synonyms: odoriferous
- Having a natural fragrance.
- usage: "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
- synonyms: odoriferous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling
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