Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of virus; virulent; poisonous: as, the virose sting of some spiders.
  • In botany, emitting a fetid odor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having a nauseous odour; fetid; poisonous.

Etymologies

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Latin virosus. See virus.

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