smellscape

English

Etymology

smell +‎ -scape

Noun

smellscape (plural smellscapes)

  1. Synonym of odourscape
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 28:
      Truffles must be pungent enough for their scent to penetrate the layers of soil and enter the air, distinctive enough for an animal to take note amid the ambient smellscape, and delicious enough for that animal to seek it out, dig it up and eat it.
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