sweet-scentedadj.
a. Having a sweet-scent; sweet-smelling, fragrant.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective]
sweet900
sootc950
aromatic1366
merrya1398
well-smellinga1398
sweet-smellingc1400
lusciousc1420
savoury?a1425
redolingc1429
redolent?a1439
odorate?1440
flagrant1450
redolentc1450
well-savouringc1450
aromatous1483
softa1500
well-aired1505
balmy1508
ambrosiana1522
embalmeda1529
fragrantc1530
perfumed1538
scented?c1562
scented1567
balm-like1569
sweet1573
aromatizate1576
aromatical1578
Sabaeana1586
ambrosial1590
rich1590
perfumed1591
sweet-scented1591
reperfumed1593
balm-breathing1595
nectaredc1595
spiced1600
fuming1601
fumed1612
scentful1612
balsam1624
perfumy1625
odoraminous1656
aroma-olent1657
suaveolent1657
aromatized1661
essenced1675
balsamy1687
flavorous1697
balsamic1714
well-scented1726
scenty1738
breathing1757
spicy1765
flavouriferous1773
aromal1848
bescented1863
euodic1868
nosy1892
1591 T. Cokayne Short Treat. Hunting B 3 b Sweet sented Roe.
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Livv The fragrant smell, Of sweetest sented flowers.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Aromatical Having a Spicey Smell, sweet scented.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. vii. 245 Thus go they plunging;..champ the sweet-scented forest-herb.
1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 68 He was arrayed in a splendid dress, regaled with incense, and with a profusion of sweet-scented flowers.
b. spec. in names of species or varieties of plants having sweet-smelling flowers, leaves, etc. sweet-scented olive n. Osmanthus (Olea) fragrans of China. sweet-scented pea n. an early name for the sweet pea n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers
everlasting pea1599
sweet-scented pea1728
sweet pea1732
painted lady pea1760
pea-flower1824
pride of California1895
1666 R. Preston Let. in Essex Rev. (1908) 17 133 One hogshead of Sweet-sented tobacco.
1693 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 943 There is not only the two distinct sorts of a Sweet-scented, and Aranoko Tobacco, but of each of these be several sorts much different.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Lathyrus, in English Cicheling, is a kind of Pulse, which has many varieties..of these is our fine sweet scented Pea.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Lathyrus distoplatyphyllos..commonly called Sweet-scented Peas.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 288 Hardy annual Flowers, as..Tangier Peas, sweet-scented Peas.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Rubus The sweet scented rubus.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 59 Sweet-scented Vernal-grass.
1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 258 Calycanthus floridus, Carolina Allspice. Sweet-scented Shrub.
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