redolent RED-uh-lunt, adjective:
1. Having or exuding fragrance; scented; aromatic.
2. Full of fragrance; odorous; smelling (usually used with ‘of’ or ‘with’).
3. Serving to bring to mind; evocative; suggestive; reminiscent (usually used with ‘of’ or ‘with’).
Redolent derives from Latin redolens, -entis, present participle of redolere, “to emit a scent, to diffuse an odor,” from red-, re- + olere, “to exhale an odor.”
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