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

  Redolent \Red"o*lent\ (-lent), a. [L. redolens, -entis, p. pr.
     of redolere to emit a scent, diffuse an odor; pref. red-,
     re-, re- + olere to emit a smell. See {Odor}.]
     Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented;
     odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. "Honey redolent
     of spring." --Dryden. -- {Red"o*lent*ly}, adv.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth.   --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redolent
       adj 1: serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this
              redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign
              redolent of machine politics" [syn: {evocative}, {redolent
              of(p)}, {remindful}, {reminiscent}, {reminiscent of(p)}]
       2: (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was
          redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of
          beer and whiskey" [syn: {redolent(p)}, {smelling(p)}]
       3: having a strong distinctive fragrance; "the pine woods were
          more redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: {aromatic}]

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

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "redolent":
     ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, effluvious, essenced, evocative,
     flowery, fragrant, fruity, in retrospect, incense-breathing,
     malodorous, memoried, mindful, mnemonic, musky, odorant, odorate,
     odored, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, remindful,
     reminiscent, retentive, retrospective, savory, scented, smellful,
     smelling, smellsome, smelly, spicy, suggestive, suggestive of,
     sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thuriferous
  
  

















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