Aromatic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-smelling: aromatic herbs.
  • adj. Chemistry Of, relating to, or containing one or more six-carbon rings characteristic of the benzene series and related organic groups.
  • n. An aromatic plant or substance, such as a medication.
  • n. Chemistry An aromatic organic compound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Fragrant or spicy.
  • adj. Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
  • adj. derived from benzene.
  • n. A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous.
  • n. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Giving out an aroma; fragrant; sweetscented; odoriferous; of spicy flavor.
  • Caused by an aroma or fragrant odor.
  • In chem., an epithet formerly applied to a small group of organic bodies, of vegetable origin, which had an aromatic smell and taste; now applied to all those compounds which are derived from the hydrocarbon benzene, C6H6.
  • n. A plant, drug, or medicine which yields a fragrant smell, as sage, certain spices and oils, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having a strong pleasant odor
  • adj. (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings
  • Equivalent
    fragrant    aromatical   
    Antonym
    aliphatic   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fragrant    spicy    strong-scented    odoriferous    odorous   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adriatic    Asiatic    Attic    Charismatic    Democratic    Hanseatic    Hippocratic    Socratic    acrobatic    adriatic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pungent    fragrant    musky    intoxicating    odorous    resinous    astringent    savory    odoriferous    medicinal