Smell-alike

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that smells like something else. rare

    "[…] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria."

Example

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"[…] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria."

Etymology

From smell + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.

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