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| arbutus |
a trailing plant of the heath family bearing fragrant pink or white flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| aromatic |
of or having an aroma, esp. a fragrant or sweet one. [1/3 definitions] |
| aromatize |
to cause to be fragrant or aromatic. |
| balm |
a soothing, healing ointment, often fragrant. [1/4 definitions] |
| balmy |
fragrant, like a balm. [1/3 definitions] |
| balsam |
a fragrant oily or resinous substance exuded by some shrubs or trees, such as the balsam fir. [1/3 definitions] |
| basswood |
any of several types of linden tree, esp. the American linden, characterized by a yearly bloom of fragrant yellow flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| bay rum |
a fragrant liquid made from bay leaves and rum or bay leaf oil mixed with alcohol and water, used esp. in toiletries. |
| bergamot |
a small citrus evergreen that bears a sour fruit whose rind yields a fragrant oil. [1/3 definitions] |
| carnation |
any of various flowers related to the pink, with fragrant, fringed flowers of various colors, esp. red, white, and pink. |
| Cherokee rose |
a climbing, thornless rose that bears large white fragrant flowers. |
| citronella |
a bluish green grass of southern Asia from which a fragrant oil is obtained. [1/2 definitions] |
| cologne |
a fragrant liquid mixture of alcohol and scented oils, used to cool or perfume the skin; eau de Cologne. |
| cowslip |
a European primrose bearing a fragrant yellow flower. [1/2 definitions] |
| damask rose |
a fragrant pink Asian rose that is an ancestor of hybrid roses and whose oil is often used as a source for attar. |
| deodar |
a tall cedar with drooping branches and fragrant, light red, durable wood, used as timber. |
| elemi |
any of various fragrant oily resins obtained from certain tropical trees, used in making varnishes, inks, ointments, and perfumes. |
| feverfew |
a fragrant perennial plant that bears clusters of small, white flowers with yellow centers, formerly used to treat fever. |
| fragrance |
the state of being fragrant. [1/2 definitions] |
| frangipani |
a tropical American shrub or tree that bears large and very fragrant flowers. [1/3 definitions] |
| freesia |
a southern African plant of the iris family that bears clusters of fragrant funnel-shaped flowers. |
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