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sweet-scented

[ sweet-sen-tid ]

/ ˈswitˌsɛn tɪd /

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adjective

having a pleasant and sweet smell; fragrant.

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Origin of sweet-scented

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby sweet-scented

sweet william, sweet william catchfly, sweet woodruff, sweet wormwood, sweet-and-sour, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet-talk, sweet-tempered, sweetbread, sweetbrier

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Example sentences from the Web for sweet-scented

We imported this rose last year, as being a very double blush, sweet-scented variety.
The American Flower Garden Directory|Thomas Hibbert
He arose from his seat, and followed the strains down between the sweet-scented myrtles to the entrance-gate.
Saronia|Richard Short
All during the colonial period tobacco was classified into two main varieties, Oronoco and sweet-scented.
Tobacco in Colonial Virginia|Melvin Herndon
The Indians were likewise ordered to bring a quantity of their splendid and sweet-scented roses with small branches of trees.
The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)|Bernal Diaz del Castillo

The rain on my cheek in the woods and lanes would be gracious and sweet-scented.
Dimbie and I--and Amelia|Mabel Barnes-Grundy

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