aromatic
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1. aromatic - Noun
2. aromatic - Adjective
3. aromatic - Adjective Satellite
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Alt. of Aromatical
A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
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the pine woods were more redolent
an aromatic organic compound
Additional strength is derived from aromatic stacking interactions between adjacent strands.
A common form is a pair of aromatic benzene rings, with a nonpolar moiety (pentyl, heptyl, octyl, or alkyl oxy group) on one end and polar (nitrile, halogen) on the other.
Although cooking lowers concentrations of amino acids such as tryptophan, lysine, total aromatic, and sulphur-containing amino acids, their contents are still higher than proposed by the FAO/WHO reference.
An alternative to aromatic substitution is electrophilic aliphatic substitution.