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scentscape en · NOUN

Etymology

From scent + -scape.

Meanings

1. An olfactory environment; the various scents in an environment.
   • 2014, Jonathan Reinarz, Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell, Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press, Chapter 3, p. 111, Although some work has examined the way in which the African continent was visualized, Africa’s scentscape remains largely undiscovered.
   • To a dog, the scentscape of the park is just as important as anything it can see. 2012, Brian Clegg, chapter 6, in The Universe Inside You,, London: Icon Books, page 173:

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Synonyms

odourscape