Definition of fragrant
: having a sweet or pleasant smell
fragrantly
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Examples of fragrant in a Sentence
The soup was fragrant with herbs and spices.
the balsam fir is a favorite as a Christmas tree because it is so fragrant
Recent Examples of fragrant from the Web
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African blue basil is a flowering perennial with fragrant purple leaves and flowers that bring in the bees.
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Stir in garlic and red pepper flakes and saute until fragrant.
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Celebrate all things lavender at this colorful (and fragrant) event.
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Chefs ceremoniously sliced them open, and an impossible number of quails tumbled out of the animals’ cavities: seasoned with grainy mustard, fragrant with garlic and wet with piggy juices, like something from a Roman feast.
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The beans go in once the eggs are just set, along with all the fragrant cooking liquid, and the whole lot bubbles along together.
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Pelargonium ‘Mabel Grey’, the most fragrant of all scented geraniums; • Calycanthus raulstonii ‘
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A group of high school students recently sailed through the rooms with hardly a second glance at the fragrant forms.
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Origin and Etymology of fragrant
Middle English, from Latin fragrant-, fragrans, from present participle of fragrare to be fragrant
Synonym Discussion of fragrant
FRAGRANT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of fragrant for English Language Learners
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: having a pleasant and usually sweet smell
FRAGRANT Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of fragrant for Students
: sweet or pleasant in smell
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