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Answer for the clue "Highly scented flower ", 7 letters:
freesia

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Word definitions for freesia in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae , first described as a genus in 1866 by Chr. Fr. Echlon (1795-1868) and named after German botanist and doctor Friedrich Freese (1794-1878). It is native to the eastern ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any flowering plant of the genus ''Freesia'', native to South Africa.

Usage examples of freesia.

This one involved some delicate freesia, a couple of irises and one magnificent lily.

She removed some of the freesia and instantly liked the new effect much better.

He enters freesia a third time, leaving the S as 5 but turning the 1 back to an I, and finds himself staring at an unfinished polemical essay.

The mingled scents of hyacinths, narcissus, freesia, imported mimosa, and lilac filled the air, diminishing the peculiar musty smell of mildew and dust and old wood that was so prevalent in the church.

She used a warm freesia scent in the tub, then spent a full twenty minutes on her makeup.

I like: Azalea, basil, bean, corn, daffodil, fuchsia, freesia, grape, ginger, holly, hibiscus, parsley, poppy, sage, sunflower and rhododendron.

He opened his van to reveal four miniature sword-bedecked, English-style arrangements of roses, lilies, daffodils, freesia, and ivy.

But as the haunting scent of the freesias caught at the back of her throat, she found herself blinking back a sharp prickling sensation behind her eyes.

Sean as they walked back down the aisle with the organ playing and the bridesmaids moving behind them, demurely holding their bouquets of spring flowers, the sweet scent of freesias so strong that it was cloying.

He wanted the yellow scenting freesias he grew for her all year round, he said, and always had waiting for her in the living room when she came back from her field trips.

Gloria caught a glimpse of honey-varnished wood and yellow freesias as the coffin slid between black jackets into the open back.

Justin watched it descend, then winced as it struck bottom, then winced again as the first shovel load of earth clattered onto the lid and a second crashed into the freesias, dirtying the petals.

He looks down into her grave and watches the yellow freesias on the lid of her coffin disappear under the red soil.

With the aid of his yellow freesias he has invaded the file called Arnold and met a tract on human rights.

He no longer wished to cultivate the image of a sweet chap passionately interested in nothing except phlox, asters, freesias and gardenias.