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Definition of Scented

1. Adjective. Having the sense of smell. "Keen-scented hounds"

2. Adjective. Filled or impregnated with perfume. "Scented soap"

3. Adjective. Having a natural fragrance. "Scented flowers"

4. Adjective. (used in combination) having the odor of. "A manure-scented barnyard"

Definition of Scented

1. Adjective. Having a pleasant aroma. ¹

2. Verb. (past of scent) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scented

1. scent [v] - See also: scent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scented

scenographer scenographers scenographic scenographical scenographick scenographies scenographs scenography scenopoetic scent

scent-bottle scent glands scent hound scent hounds scent out scented (current term) scented fern scented penstemon scented wattle scentful

scenthound scenthounds scenting scentings scentless scentless camomile scentless false camomile scentless hayweed scentless mayweed scentlessness

Literary usage of Scented

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collected Poems by Austin Dobson (1913)
"She bends from her casement white, And she hears it, hushed and low, A voice in the scented night. And he climbs by that stairway slight,— Her passionate ..."

2. International Shipping & Shipbuilding Directory (1891)
"A. Perfumery wares made up, and rouge £2 ios lod, scented soap 15/3,* non alcoholic scented waters 6/if* rosemary oil 6/1,* other perfumed oils, pomades, ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"SWEET-scented SHRUB. Deciduous shrubs of aromatic fragrance : Ivs. opposite, ... Desirable for temperate regions for its very early, sweet-scented fls. ..."

4. The Indian Forester (1905)
"It is significant that the three trees grown at the lower elevation show a much larger, percentage of scented woo.l in their trunks and much smaller ..."

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