Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fragrant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fragrant \Fra"grant\, a. [L. fragrans. -antis, p. pr. of
fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant.]
Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell;
odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.

Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers.
--Milton.

Syn: Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; sweet-scented;
redolent; ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic. --
{Fra"grant*ly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fragrant
adj : pleasant-smelling [ant: {malodorous}]


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