Adjacent Words

Aromatic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AROMAT'IC,
AROMAT'ICAL, a. Fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; having an agreeable odor.
AROMAT'IC, n. A plant which yields a spicy, fragrant smell, or a warm pungent taste; as sage, summer savory, geranium, sweet marjoram, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; "an aromatic organic compound"
2: having a strong pleasant odor; "the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: aromatic, redolent]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or having aroma: a. fragrant b. having a strong smell c. having a distinctive quality 2. of an organic compound characterized by increased chemical stability resulting from the delocalization of electrons in a ring system (as benzene) containing usually multiple conjugated double bonds — compare alicyclic, aliphatic Synonyms: see odorous • aromatically adverb • aromaticity noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. an aromatic plant or plant part; especially an aromatic herb or spice 2. an aromatic organic compound

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 fragrant, spicy; (of a smell) pleasantly pungent. 2 Chem. of organic compounds having an unsaturated ring, esp. containing a benzene ring. --n. an aromatic substance. Derivatives: aromatically adv. aromaticity n. Etymology: ME f. OF aromatique f. LL aromaticus f. Gk aromatikos (as AROMA, -IC)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices. ...an evergreen shrub with deep green, aromatic leaves... = fragrant ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Fragrant, redolent, balmy, spicy, odoriferous, aromatous, ambrosial, high-scented, strong-scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling.

Moby Thesaurus

ambrosial, balmy, effluvious, essenced, flowery, fragrant, fruity, incense-breathing, malodorous, musky, odorant, odorate, odored, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, redolent, savory, scented, smellful, smelling, smellsome, smelly, spicy, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thuriferous