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ill-scented (comparative more ill-scented, superlative most ill-scented)

1. (botany, dated) Having a bad, foul, or unpleasant odor.
   • 1807, James Mease, M.D., A Geological Account of the United States, Comprehending a Short Description of Their Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Antiquities and Curiosities, page 322:

     By an accurate dissection, which was made by Dr. Mitchell, it has been found, that this ill-scented fluid is entirely distinct from the urine.

   • 1885, John Merle Coulter, Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain Region From New Mexico to the British Boundary, page 197:

     Much-branched and ill-scented annual, leafy up to the subsessile or short-pedunculate small heads:

   • 1889, United States, Division of Botany, Section of Plant Pathology, Section of Vegetable Pathology, “Potato Family (Solanaceae)”, in Department Of Agriculture, Botanical Division, Bulletin No. 10‎, page 50:

     When fresh they are ill-scented and nauseating, but later they are not so disagreeable.