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Definition of Odiferous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odiferous
Literary usage of Odiferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"Year after year the pursuit of the precious quarry took the Yankees farther and
farther from home ports in their proud but odiferous vessels. ..."
2. Eminent Chemists of Our Time by Benjamin Harrow (1920)
"... but among the most prominent of his admirable investigations are those resulting
in the synthesis of coumarin, the odiferous principle of the tonquin ..."
3. Eminent Chemists of Our Time by Benjamin Harrow (1920)
"... but among the most prominent of his admirable investigations are those resulting
in the synthesis of coumarin, the odiferous principle of the tonquin ..."
4. The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792 by Kate Mason Rowland (1892)
"You traverse the bank of a placid stream, over which impend rocks, in some places
bare, but more frequently covered with a odiferous ..."
5. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"They took on board pepper, ginger, cloves, cassia and cinnamon, nutmeg and mace,
cardamom, odiferous amber, pearls and diamonds. During the summer of 1531 ..."
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