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Definition of fragrant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fragrant

adjective
 
/ˈfreɪɡrənt/
 
/ˈfreɪɡrənt/
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  1. having a pleasant smell
    • fragrant herbs/flowers/oils
    • The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills.
    • Swallows swooped through the fragrant evening air.
    • a garden full of wonderfully fragrant flowers
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragrant- ‘smelling sweet’, from the verb fragrare.
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