Fragrant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fragrant \Fra"grant\, a. [L. fragrans. -antis, p. pr. of
     fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant.]
     Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell;
     odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Fragrant the fertile earth
           After soft showers.                      --Milton.
  
     Syn: Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; sweet-scented;
          redolent; ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic. --
          {Fra"grant*ly}, adv.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fragrant
       adj : pleasant-smelling [ant: {malodorous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "fragrant":
     ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, delectable, delicious, delightful,
     effluvious, essenced, flowery, fruity, incense-breathing,
     malodorous, musky, odorant, odorate, odored, odoriferous, odorous,
     perfumed, perfumy, redolent, savory, scented, smellful, smelling,
     smellsome, smelly, spicy, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling,
     thuriferous