What is the meaning of Pungent?

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(v.t.) Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
(v.t.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
(v.t.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.

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