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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Odorous \O"dor*ous\, a. [Written also {odourous}.] [L. odorus,
fr odor odor: cf OF odoros, odoreux.]
Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor;
fragrant; sweet-smelling. ``Odorous bloom.'' --Keble.
Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell.
--Spenser.
-- {O"dor*ous*ly}, adv -- {O"dor*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
odorous
adj 1: having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine
flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread"
[ant: {odorless}]
2: emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork
and weevily hardtack" [syn: {odoriferous}]
3: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the
odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June";
"scented flowers" [syn: {odoriferous}, {perfumed}, {scented},
{sweet}, {sweet-scented}, {sweet-smelling}]
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