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Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.

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  1. a. Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.
  2. adj. emitting an odor
  3. adj. having a natural fragrance
  4. Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. Milton. -- O`dor*if"er*ous*ly, adv. --O`dor*if"er*ous*ness, n.
  5. Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent;fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. Milton.-- O`dor*if"er*ous*ly, adv. --O`dor*if"er*ous*ness, n.
  6. j:100 s. morally offensive s. emitting an odor s. having a natural fragrance