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Definition of Sweet-scented
1. Adjective. Having a natural fragrance. "Scented flowers"
Similar to: Fragrant
Derivative terms: Sweetness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet-scented
Literary usage of Sweet-scented
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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. ..."
2. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"We will also take this opportunity of mentioning the medicinal properties of the
sweet-scented rush, which is found in Coele-Syria, as already stated by us ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"No, wretched Heart, swell 'till you break ! sweet-scented (swet'een'tedj, «. ...
sweet-scented cedar. See cedar. 3.—sweet-scented crab, the American crab, ..."
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