aromat'ic

i. Having an agreeable, somewhat pungent, spicy odor. 2. One of a group of vegetable drugs having a fragrant odor and slightly stimulant properties. a. com'pound, closed-chain* compound, a. elix'ir, a._ fluidex'tract, a. pow'deY, etc., see the nouns, ase'ries, all the closed-chain compounds derived from benzene, distinguished from those of the fatty series derived from methane.