(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:33:25

O`dor*if"er*ous (?), a. [L. odorifer; odor odor + ferre to bear. See Odoe, and st Bear.]

Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.

Milton.

-- O`dor*if"er*ous*ly, adv. --O`dor*if"er*ous*ness, n.

 

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