Sentence examples for characteristic odour from inspiring English sources

It is a colourless liquid with a strong characteristic odour.

Naphthalene is highly volatile and has a characteristic odour; it has been used as moth repellent.

Dried peat burns readily with a smoky flame and a characteristic odour.

The powdered metal, even at room temperature, exudes the characteristic odour of the poisonous, volatile tetroxide, OsO4.

Michael Palin once wrote that the Metro has a characteristic odour - which is true - and claimed that it is caramel - which is a bit more dubious.

For example, the characteristic odour (to humans) of plants in the cabbage family is produced by sulfur-containing compounds called isothiocyanates.

Many flowers produce characteristic odours that attract pollinators.

These and other volatile esters with characteristic odours are used in synthetic flavours, perfumes, and cosmetics.

Illness and old age both bring characteristic odours of their own, and neither state makes people more attractive.

Both hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acids, esters, oxides, lactones, acetals, and phenols are responsible for the characteristic odours and flavours.

The characteristic odours of many plants can be perceived and, depending on the insect species, may cause an insect to be attracted to or repelled by the plant.