aromatic vs sweetmeat

aromatic

noun
  • A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it. 

  • Any aromatic compound. 

adj
  • Fragrant or spicy. 

  • Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons. 

  • Derived from benzene. 

sweetmeat

noun
  • A sweet delicacy; a confection. 

  • Sweetheart; darling. 

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