inodorous

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Quinine, kwin′ēn, ki-nēn′, or kwī′nīn, n. a colourless, inodorous, and very bitter alkaloid, obtained from the bark of the Cinchona tree, its salts used for agues and fevers.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Plant inodorous, 1-flowered; calyx of 2–4 irregular scales or bracts; anthers transverse, opening equally by 2 chinks; style short and thick.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

They were covered with ash-coloured bark, and quite inodorous.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

Diazomethane is a yellow inodorous gas, very poisonous and corrosive.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Flowers in a short, rather compact, upright raceme, rose-colored and inodorous.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)