aromatic

About 3.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Fragrant or spicy.

   aromatic herbs

2. adjective Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
3. adjective Derived from benzene.
4. noun A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it, especially the vegetables that serve as the base flavors in a more complex dish.
5. noun A plant grown for fragrant properties.
6. noun Any aromatic compound.

Similar words

redolent fragrant fragrance aroma perfumed odorous flavouring savoury sweet ring

Often followed by

hydrocarbons compounds ring and amino amines rings hydrocarbon plants

Word family

aromatically aromaticities aromaticity aromatics