aromatic

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  1. adjective Having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-smelling: aromatic herbs.
  2. adjective Chemistry Of, relating to, or containing one or more six-carbon rings characteristic of the benzene series and related organic groups.
  3. noun An aromatic plant or substance, such as a medication.
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  • Saute the slices onions until aromatic or light brown in color. —  Rasa Malaysia: Asian Recipes and Cooking
  • Conceived in the spring of 2008, the "Avenger" musical is set in aromatic (and fictitious) —  Zap2it.com - Zap 2 News & Buzz
  • They are injection molded in natural Nylon 6 / 6 and are resistant to aromatic, chlorinated, and ketone solvents, and gasoline, oils, greases, and animal and vegetable oils. —  ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News
  • Protein Interactions Calculator (PIC) is a server which, given the coordinate set of 3D structure of a protein or an assembly, computes various interactions such as disulphide bonds, interactions between hydrophobic residues, ionic interactions, hydrogen bonds, aromatic-aromatic interactions, aromatic-sulphur interactions and cation-pi interactions within a protein or between proteins in a complex. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • A good chickenless chicken soup needs to start from a firm foundation of flavorful, aromatic, but poultry-free vegetarian stock. —  Damn Hell Ass Kings
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  1. Early modern English aromatick, -yque, from Middle English aromatyk, from Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Greek ἀρωματικός, from ἄρωμα, spice, sweet herb: see aroma.
 

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