Odoriferous is a related term of aromatic.
As adjectives the difference between odoriferous and aromatic
is that odoriferous is having an odor or fragrance while aromatic is fragrant or spicy.
As a noun aromatic is
a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
odoriferous
English
Alternative forms
* odouriferous
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Having an odor or fragrance.
*1851 , , Moby-Dick , ch. 77,
*:The tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state.
Synonyms
* odorous
aromatic
English
Alternative forms
* aromatick (obsolete)
* aromatique (obsolete)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Fragrant or spicy.
(organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
(organic chemistry) derived from benzene.
Usage notes
* Not to be confused with aromantic.
Antonyms
* (organic chemistry) aliphatic
Noun
(
en noun)
A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
Anagrams
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