odorata
/oh-doh-RAH-tuh/🏷️ Taxonomy● Basic
A scent epithet marking a plant whose flowers or foliage carry a distinctly sweet, pleasant fragrance, noted because scent is often the most memorable character a species has. This is the feminine form, paired with feminine genus names. Appears as odoratus (masculine), odorata (feminine), or odoratum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin odoratus, meaning "fragrant" or "perfumed," from odor (scent).
Example
“Rosa odorata 'Mutabilis' (Mutabilis rose) takes the feminine ending to agree with Rosa, the epithet recording its scent rather than its shifting flower colour.”