Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aromatic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aromatic \Ar`o*mat"ic\, Aromatical \Ar`o*mat"ic*al\, a. [L.
aromaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. aromatique. See {Aroma}.]
Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy;
strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aromatic \Ar`o*mat"ic\ ([a^]r`[-o]*m[a^]t"[i^]k), n.
A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant
smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger,
cinnamon, spices.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aromatic
adj : having a strong distinctive fragrance; "the pine woods were
more redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: {redolent}]
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