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redolent

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Having a strong scent or strongly suggesting a particular quality or memory.

The old kitchen was redolent of cinnamon and warm bread.

Dictionary practice example.

The room remained redolent of cinnamon as the final guests packed the display away. Such reminders did not recreate the past exactly; they connected present details with earlier experiences that different visitors remembered in their own ways.

From Remembering a Shared Place.

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