currylike
adjEtymology From curry + -like.
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Resembling curry (the spicy food) or some aspect of it.
- The odor is best described as strongly penetrating, irritating, fatty, overpowering, currylike, heavy, spicy, warm, and persistent, even after drying out.1999, Kenneth T. Farrell, Spices, Condiments and Seasonings, page 85:
- It also lacks the pungent aroma of sagebrush, instead imparting only a subtle currylike smell to the air.2007, Richard Cannings, The Rockies: A Natural History: