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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
odorous
    adj 1: having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine
           flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread" [ant:
           inodorous, odorless, odourless]
    2: emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
       [syn: odoriferous, odorous]
    3: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the
       odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June";
       "scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed,
       scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell.
                                                  --Spenser.
   [1913 Webster] -- O"dor*ous*ly, adv. -- O"dor*ous*ness,
   n.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Odorous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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