Thesaurus: aromatic

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1. a. Alt. of Aromatical
2. n. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
3. adj. (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings
4. adj. having a strong pleasant odor
5. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/pertaining">Pertaining to, or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/containing">containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong- scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam. Aromatic compound (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc., many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the most important of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives. -- Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon spices.
6. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell,and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon spices.
7. j:100 a. (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings s. having a strong pleasant odor