"smell-alike" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smell-alikes [plural]
Etymology: From smell + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|smell|alike}} smell + alike, {{m|en|lookalike}} lookalike Head templates: {{en-noun}} smell-alike (plural smell-alikes)
  1. (rare) Something that smells like something else. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-smell-alike-en-noun-oCN50be0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Robert Galyean, Growing Fragrant Plants, page 13",
          "text": "[…] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria.",
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          "text": "In L'Oréal v. Belure, the dispute concerned marketing of so-called smell-alikes.",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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