Meaning: Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally.
Word Origin & History. smell c.1175, emit or perceive an odor, also n., odor, aroma, stench, not found in O.E., perhaps cognate with M.Du. smolen, Low Ger. smelen to smolder (see smolder). OED says no doubt of O.E. origin, but not recorded, and not represented in any of the cognate languages.. Ousted O.E. stenc (see stench) in most senses.
Can we say someone or something smells funny? What does it mean to smell funny? I have no text in my hand but I have been asked about it. When we use the verb smell, the only adjectives that- I know- can come next are positive and negative adjectives like good and bad. It never occurred to me to use funny after smell. What made me more puzzled was that when I searched the web I found such expression.