floral scent

collocation in English

meaningsoffloralandscent

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floral
adjective
uk
/ˈflɔː.rəl/us
/ˈflɔːr.əl/
made of flowers, or decorated with pictures ...
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scent
noun
uk
/sent/us
/sent/
a pleasant ...
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(Definition offloralandscentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is nofloralscentassociated with the flowers.
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The strongfloralscentthat attracts beetles emerges from the ends of the connectives of the stamens.
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These are aromatic when crushed, a possible substitute for afloralscent.
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It is a white, crystalline solid with a sweet,floralscentat room temperature.
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Jasmine oil is said to blend with everyfloralscentand hence extensively used as an important perfumery item throughout the world.
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The fragrance is a whitefloralscent.
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There is no noticeablefloralscent.
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Floral scents - a checklist of volatile compounds isolated by head-space techniques.
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The flowers produce nofloralscent.
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Floral scents - a checklist of volatile compounds isolated by headspace-techniques.
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Because middle-class women use their bodies to produce children, those bodies are marked by the floral scents that render them attractive to the men who will father those children.
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They demonstrated its potential by exhibiting a three-dimensional image of a rose accompanied by floral scents.
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The aromas are light, marked by floral scents.
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Floral scents have also long been known to contain volatile alkane components, and n-nonane is a significant component in the scent of some roses.
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She sends omens to her priests in the form of floral scents, tinkling sounds, and similar gentle, pleasant events.
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These are often quite expensive due to the use of large amounts of sandalwood, aloeswood, or floral scents used.
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The acid is commonly used as flavoring for toothpastes and mouthwashes in addition to providing floral scents and possible fruity, minty, spearmint, strawberry, lychee, and herbal flavorings.
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Their large, sparkling, starburst flowers are pollinated by a great variety of insects (the generalist pollination syndrome), the floral scents are species-specific, and even specific to particular subspecies.
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