odoriferous
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Odoriferous piles of sneakers on the dock belonged to the teenagers out in the boats, four or eight to a shell, knifing through the water, oars arcing in unison, coxswains barking orders through a megaphone.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2012
Odoriferous, sweet-scented, fragrant; having a brisk, agreeable smell which may be perceived at a distance.
"Chemistry and Odoriferous Bodies Since 1914" by G. Satie in Chemie et Industrie, vol.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
Nothing indeed can give us so just a Notion of Infection, and more clearly represent the manner of it, than Odoriferous Bodies.
From A Discourse on the Plague by Mead, Richard
Odoriferous: diffusing an odor; applied to glands or secreting organs.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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