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graveolent

British  
/ ˈɡrævɪələnt /

adjective

  1. (of plants) having a strong fetid smell

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of graveolent

C17: from Latin gravis heavy + olēre to smell


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The stratum of the earth is black and pitchy, and the springs beneath it are of a dark and graveolent water.

From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

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