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Answer for the clue "Aroma ", 9 letters:
redolence
Alternative clues for the word redolence
Word definitions for redolence in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Redolence \Red"o*lence\ (r?d"?*lens), Redolency \Red"o*len*cy\ (-len*s?), n. The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French redolence , related to redolent (see redolent ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet , fragrance , sweetness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality of being redolent 2 (context countable English) An evocative fragrance
Usage examples of redolence.
A blonde woman, clad in bright red velvet and with the redolence of lavender, bounced up out of the crowd.
The air smelled of recently cut lumber and fresh paint, with the underlying redolence of old building.
The bar reeked of spilt whiskey, old cigarette smoke, and the musty redolence of rotting wood.
Then, instead of expensive mouthwash, he had breathed on Hogg-Enderby bafflingly (for no banquet would serve, because of the known redolence of onions, onions) onions.
He sprawled back, gut out, getting his breath in a redolence of hard sweat and cigars.
What would eventually be fairy tales still had redolences of god-stories and myths.