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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. morally offensive;
- Example: "odoriferous legislation"

2. emitting an odor;
- Example: "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
[syn: odoriferous, odorous]

3. having a natural fragrance;
- Example: "odoriferous spices"
- Example: "the odorous air of the orchard"
- Example: "the perfumed air of June"
- Example: "scented flowers"
[syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Odoriferous \O`dor*if"er*ous\, a. [L. odorifer; odor odor +
   ferre to bear. See Odoe, and 1st Bear.]
   Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of
   scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes,
   breezes. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster] -- O`dor*if"er*ous*ly, adv.
   --O`dor*if"er*ous*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

odoriferous
    adj 1: morally offensive; "odoriferous legislation"
    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]