(a.) Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.
Example Sentences:
(1) The booming Bollywood music beckoned a stream of families, wearing ornate saris and sharp kurtas, fragrant plates of samosa chaat in hand, toward the stage, replete with an extravagant display of lights and visuals.
(2) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
(3) I like the challenges that come with those that thrive in such adverse conditions, and there are plenty: woodland species that make the most of what little sunlight hits the leaf litter; ferns that like dripping cave mouths and cliff faces cast in gloom; and small shrubs that eke out a living under bigger things, such as butcher’s broom ( Ruscus aculeatus ) and fragrant sweet box ( sarcoccoca ).
(4) Photograph: Pasona Group At the Tokyo headquarters of the Pasona Group , a staffing company, tomatoes dangle from the ceiling, herbs grow fragrantly in meeting rooms and a rice paddy is the lobby centerpiece.
(5) He appeared to be saying that everyone who worked for HBOS was decent, honest and fragrant.
(6) The ASP drink is not only effective but also fragrant, tasty, refreshing and thirst quenching, and it appears to have no side effects.
(7) Intranasal injections of a fragrant solution of 2-methyl-2-thiazoline elicited significant heart rate decelerations in late pregnancy fetal sheep, while the injection of a control fluid (isotonic saline) had no effect.
(8) "So you are the fragrant Mrs Copperfield's incumbrance," he said to me.
(9) Toast the coriander, cumin and fennel seeds in a dry frying pan until fragrant.
(10) The broth is glorious: fragrant but subtle, rich but not oily, and the perfect balance between spicy, sour and sweet.
(11) Satire can provide a fragrant drop of vanilla essence to the custard pie of protest.
(12) After that, let’s start to seriously clean up periods, and I don’t mean fragrantly.
(13) Add the chilli bean paste and stir-fry for a minute or so until the oil is red and fragrant.
(14) Serves 4 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp crushed garlic 4 tomatoes, quartered 1 tsp gia vi (or a mix of 2 parts sugar, 1 part black pepper, 1 part salt and 1 part garlic powder) 1.5 litres water 3 rhubarb stalks, cut into 3cm chunks 2 tbsp fish sauce 50g okra, halved, deseeded and cut into 1cm rounds ½ pineapple, cut into 2cm chunks 1 tsp sugar 1 spring onion, chopped 1 tbsp chopped coriander 1 In a saucepan, heat the oil and stir in the garlic, cooking until fragrant.
(15) Surrounded by sea and hills, rowan trees, hawthorn and holly, it had a fragrant compost loo-with-a-view.
(16) 3.20am BST Heat 85-87 Spurs, 6:43 remaining in the 4th quarter Parker crumples to the floor on what's a clear flagrant foul on Mario Chalmers, a deliberate dirty elbowing, upheld as fragrant 1 by Danny Crawford, but the Spurs might be out their best player here.
(17) 2 Add the ginger, onion and green chillies, and fry until fragrant.
(18) There are my roast tomatoes with crumbs and thyme, Russell Norman's broad bean, mint and ricotta bruschette, Fuchsia Dunlop's fragrant sea bream, and a beet bourguignon from The Green Kitchen.
(19) The Clonakilty black pudding – relatively dry, crumbly, full of oatmeal, fragrantly spiced – is very tasty.
(20) With a toddler in tow, après ski for me meant a quick beer then a swim at our hotel – the Lechtaler Hof, smallest and sweetest of Warth’s handful of family-owned hotels – followed by fantastic five-course dinners that might include fragrant dumpling-and-wild-chive soup, roast lamb and divine fruit tarts.
Peony
Definition:
(n.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data suggested that hoelen or peony root has a luteotropic effect but that atractylodes lanceae rhizome develops luteolysis.
(2) Shuttles bused groups of mourners to take turns walking quietly in a circle around the casket covered in white roses and peonies – Nancy Reagan’s favorite flower.
(3) These findings suggested that the anticonvulsant action of peony roots is due primarily to albiflorin and the gallotannin fraction.
(5) The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor-associated protein tyrosine kinase activity has been suggested to play important roles in the EGF-enhanced, clathrin-coated pit-mediated receptor internalization (W. S. Chen, C. S. Lazar, M. Peonie, R. Y. Tsien, G. N. Gill, and M. G. Rosenfeld, 1987, Nature 328, 820-823) but the kinase substrate important for this process has not been identified.
(6) This method can be used for grading white peony root and fufang baishao Tablets.
(7) The water extract of peony roots, albiflorin and pentagalloylglucose given orally completely inhibited the EEG power spectrum changes as well as the extracellular calcium and potassium concentration changes related to seizure activity.
(8) So good to see the degrade and the peony prints being revisited as codes of the house should.
(9) The printed dresses at Peter Pilotto, the peony-print coat dresses at Jonathan Saunders, and the black lace sheathed silks at Erdem all reminded me of the cheongsams from In The Mood For Love .
(10) The compound prescription and its component drugs, except the peony root, possessed significant antispastic effect.
(11) Four kinds of experiments were performed: direct chemical reaction (1) between peony root extract and B [a]p, and (2) between peony root extract and active metabolite(s) of B [a]p, (3) inhibition of metabolic processes of B[a]p with S9 mix, and (4) inhibition of activation on mutagenicity.
(12) In males, the treatment with tree-peony resulted in a significant decline in food intake and of the Lee index, an index of obesity, and an increase in glucose tolerance.
(13) A few seasons ago, London fashion was all about a hi-tech print; now it's all about a peony or a lily or an orchid.
(14) Hoelen, Peony root, Alisma rhizome and Japanese angelica root also augmented progesterone.
(15) Antiproliferative effects of the Japanese-Sino medicine Shimotsu-to (a combined prescription of cnidium rhizome, angelica root, peony root and rehmannia root) were investigated in the primary culture of smooth muscle cells (SMC) of mouse aorta.
(16) The inhibitory effects of peony root extract on the mutagenicity of benzo[a]pyrene (B [a]p) have been investigated in the Salmonella typhimurium reversion test.
(17) Extracts from five other herbs, such as Japanese anglica root (Toki), Peony root (Shakuyaku), Moutan bark (Botanpi), Glycyrrhiza (Kanzo), Bupleurum (Saiko), affected neither the contraction nor the heart rates.
(18) Hoelen + poeny root + Japanese angelica root, hoelen + peony root, hoelen + Japanese angelica root or peony root + Japanese angelica root decreased the IGF-1 level.
(19) The second – a peony on my shoulder – was done in Mexico.
(20) Methods of extraction and detection of ascorbic acid, ergot alkaloids, cotarnine, microfollin, tinctures of marigold, peony, sage-brush, iodine, benzestrol, pachycarpine, hexestrol, folliculin, quinine, ethoxydiaminoacridine lactate were developed.