Aroma: Definition and part of speech

Aroma

  1. n. Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.
  2. n. The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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