From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Odorous \O"dor*ous\, adjective [Written also {odourous}.] [L. odorus, fr. odor odor: cf. OF. odoros, odoreux.] Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling. ''Odorous bloom.'' --Keble.
Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell. --Spenser. -- {O"dor*ous*ly}, adverb -- {O"dor*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread" [ant: {odorless}]
2: emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack" [syn: {odoriferous}]
3: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: {odoriferous}, {perfumed}, {scented}, {sweet}, {sweet-scented}, {sweet-smelling}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "odorous": ambrosial, aromatic, bad, bad-smelling, balmy, effluvious, essenced, fecal, fetid, flowery, foul, fragrant, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, fruity, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, graveolent, heady, high, ill-smelling, incense-breathing, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, musky, musty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorant, odorate, odored, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, olid, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, redolent, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, rotten, savory, scented, scentless, smellful, smelling, smellsome, smelly, spicy, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thuriferous, vile
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