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Adjective: odorous  ow-du-rus
  1. Having odour or a characteristic odour
    "odorous jasmine flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread"
     
  2. Emitting an odour
    "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack";
    - odoriferous, odiferous
     
  3. Having a natural fragrance
    "the odorous air of the orchard";
    - odoriferous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, odiferous

See also: alliaceous, almond-scented, anise-scented, apple-scented, aroma, balsam-scented, candy-scented, cedar-scented, cinnamon-scented, clove-scented, fragrant, ginger-scented, honey-scented, ill-smelling, lemon-scented, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], mint-scented, musk-scented, musky-scented, odor [US], odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory property, pleasant-smelling, pongy [Brit, informal], redolent, scent, scented, smell, smelling, spice-scented, stinky [informal], strong-scented, strong-smelling, tansy-scented, tansy-smelling, tea-scented, unpleasant-smelling, vanilla-scented, violet-scented, whiffy [Brit, informal]

Antonym: odourless [Brit, Cdn]