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osmophoric

osmophoric adjective: imparting a characteristic odour to any compound.

Adjective

osmophoric (not comparable)

  1. Imparting a characteristic odour to any compound

Origin of osmophoric

From osmophore + -ic.

Questions about osmophoric

What does osmophoric mean?
Osmophoric means imparting a characteristic odour to any compound.
What part of speech is osmophoric?
Osmophoric is an adjective.

Words near osmophoric in the dictionary

  1. osmophobia
  2. osmophobic
  3. osmophobicity
  4. osmophore
  5. osmophores
  6. osmophoric
  7. osmophysiological
  8. osmoprimed
  9. osmopriming
  10. osmoprotectant
  11. osmoprotectants

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