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Meaning of 'odoriferous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Odoriferous [ a.]
- Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.

Meaning of 'odoriferous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . odoriferous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having a natural fragrance
Example in sentence:
  • odoriferous spices;
  • scented flowers;
  • the odorous air of the orchard;
  • the perfumed air of June
Meaning (2):
- emitting an odor
Example in sentence:
  • odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack

Nearby Words:

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