fragrance

[ frey-gruhns ]
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noun
  1. the quality of being fragrant; a sweet or pleasing scent.

  2. perfume, cologne, toilet water, or the like.

Origin of fragrance

1
First recorded in 1660–70; from French, from Late Latin frāgrantia.See fragrant, -ance

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See perfume.

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British Dictionary definitions for fragrance

fragrance

fragrancy

/ (ˈfreɪɡrəns) /


nounplural -grances or -grancies
  1. a pleasant or sweet odour; scent; perfume

  2. the state of being fragrant

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