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The sense of smell, or olfaction, is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived. The sense of smell has many functions, including detecting desirable foods, hazards, and pheromones, and plays a role in taste.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Sense of smell | Function | sense chemicals in the environment that are used to form the sense of smell | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sense of smell | MeSH | D012903 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sense of smell | System | Olfactory system | 1.00 | infobox |
| a layout corresponding to chemical features | instance of | and similar analogies have been made in smell with concepts | 0.80 | text |
| dodder make use of this in locating their preferred hosts | instance of | Parasites | 0.80 | text |
| locking on to them | instance of | Parasites | 0.80 | text |
| Sense of smell | related to Culture | In | 0.60 | section |
| Sense of smell | related to Culture | The | 0.60 | section |
| Sense of smell | related to Culture | This | 0.60 | section |
| Sense of smell | related to Culture | Japan | 0.60 | section |
| Sense of smell | related to Culture | Kōdō | 0.60 | section |
| Sense of smell | related to Culture | Aroma | 0.60 | section |
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