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   aromatic

   /ˌarəˈmatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. having a pleasant and distinctive smell: "a massage with aromatic oils"
   • 2. relating to or denoting organic compounds containing a planar unsaturated ring of atoms which is stabilized by an interaction of the bonds forming the ring, e.g. benzene and its derivatives.

   noun

   • 1. a substance or plant emitting a pleasant and distinctive smell.
   • 2. an aromatic compound.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aromaticus, from Greek arōmatikos, from arōma (see aroma).

   Derivatives

   • 1. aromatically adverb

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