having a pleasant or sweet smell
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
fra•grant /ˈfreɪgrənt/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- having a pleasing scent:a fragrant rose.
fra•grant
(frā′grənt),USA pronunciation adj.
fra′grant•ly, adv.
fra′grant•ness, n.
- having a pleasant scent or aroma;
sweet-smelling;
sweet-scented:a fragrant rose. - delightful;
pleasant:fragrant memories.
- Latin frāgrant- (stem of frāgrāns), present participle of frāgrāre to smell sweet
- late Middle English 1400–50
fra′grant•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged perfumed, odorous, redolent, aromatic.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged malodorous, noisome.
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- amyl nitrite
- apostle plant
- apple
- aromatherapy
- aromatic
- aromatize
- aryballos
- baby's-breath
- balm
- balm of Gilead
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- bdellium
- bergamot
- bigleaf maple
- black cherry
- black locust
- buckwheat
- buffalo currant
- butterbur
- butyl acetate
- cabbage rose
- calaba
- camel grass
- camomile
- campernelle jonquil
- carnation
- cedar
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- champac
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- cheddar pink
- cherimoya
- chinaberry
- cicely
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