odorant

Definitions


[ˈəʊd(ə)rənt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a substance used to give a particular odour to a product


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘odorous’): from Old French, present participle of odorer, from Latin odorare ‘give an odour to’. The current sense dates from the 1940s




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