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fra·grant  (frgrnt)
adj.
Having a pleasant odor.

[Middle English, from Latin frgrns, frgrant-, past participle of frgrre, to emit an odor.]

fragrant·ly adv.

fragrant [ˈfreɪgrənt]
adj
having a pleasant or sweet smell
[from Latin frāgrāns, from frāgrāre to emit a smell]
fragrantly  adv
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Adj.1.fragrant - pleasant-smelling

fragrant
Translations
fragrant [ˈfreɪgrənt] ADJfragante, oloroso (fig) [memory] → dulce

fragrant [ˈfreɪgrənt] adj [air] → parfumé(e), odorant(e); [oil] → parfumé(e); [perfume] → odorant(e)

fragrant
adjduftend, wohlriechend; (fig liter) memoriesköstlich; fragrant smellDuft m; the air was fragrant with the scent of rosesder Duft von Rosen hing in der Luft

fragrant [ˈfreɪgrnt] adjfragrante, profumato/a
fragrant [ˈfreɪgrnt] adjfragrante, profumato/a

fragrant
adj fragrant [ˈfreigrənt]
having a sweet smell fragrant flowers. geur ذكي الرائِحَه، أريجي благоухаен vonný duftende; aromatisk duftend μυρωδάτος fragante hästi lõhnav خوشبو tuoksuva odorant רֵיחָנִי सुगन्धित mirisav, miomirisan illatos harum ilmandi profumato 香りのよい 향기로운 aromatingas, kvapnus smaržīgs; aromātisks wangi geurig duftende, velluktende aromatyczny perfumado înmiresmat, parfu­mat ароматный voňavý dišeč mirišljav välluktande, doftande หอม hoş kokulu, mis gibi 香的 запашний خوشبودار thơm ngát
n fragrance
(a) sweet smell all the fragrance(s) of the East. welriekendheid أريج، عِطْر، رائِحَه ذكيَّه благоухание vůně duft; aroma der Wohlgeruch ευωδία fragancia, perfume aroom رایحه tuoksu parfum נִיחוֹחַ सुगन्ध miris, miomiris kellemes illat wewangian ilmur profumo, fragranza 芳香 향기 aromatas smarža; aromāts wangian geur duft, godlukt, parfyme zapach, woń perfume mireasmă аромат vôňa dišava miris vällukt, doft กลิ่นหอม hoş koku 香味 пахощі, аромат خوشبو hương thơm

a fragrant (not flagrant ) plant.



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Most of his poems, other than certain political satire, which drew on him the Emperor's wrath, are full of subtle sadness and fragrant regret, reminding one of pot-pourri in some deep blue porcelain bowl.
However, as I say, I had for the time forgotten that pagan company, or, in my puritanic zeal, I might have thrown them all to be washed clean in the upland stream, whose pure waters one might fancy were fragrant from their sunny day among the ferns and the heather, fragrant to the eye, indeed, if one may so speak, with the shaken meal of the meadowsweet.
I will begin with you, Sunny Lock," added she, turning to a lovely little Elf, who lay among the fragrant leaves of a primrose.
 
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