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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth;
- Example: "he praised the richness of the soil"
- Example: "weeds lovely in their rankness"
[syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility]

2. the attribute of having a strong offensive smell;
[syn: malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rankness \Rank"ness\, n. [AS. rancness pride.] The condition or quality of being rank. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rankness n 1: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" [syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility] 2: the attribute of having a strong offensive smell [syn: malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness]