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aromatic

/æ.ɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
noun

  1. A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

  2. Any aromatic compound.

adjective

  1. Fragrant or spicy.

  2. Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.

  3. Derived from benzene.

Antonymsaliphatic

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