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œnolin

œnolin noun: colouring matter of any grapes and red wines.

Noun

œnolin (uncountable)

  1. Colouring matter of any grapes and red wines.
    • The distillation of alcohol for the extraction of œnolin shall be accomplished by apparatus exclusively intended for this purpose.1895, United States Congressional serial set, issue 3290, title I, Tax on Manufacture, article 44, page #424

Origin of œnolin

From œno- + -lin, from Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) in combination with λίνον (línon, “flax”,“linen”).

Questions about œnolin

What does œnolin mean?
Œnolin means colouring matter of any grapes and red wines.
What part of speech is œnolin?
Œnolin is a noun.

Words near œnolin in the dictionary

  1. œnochoes
  2. œnochoæ
  3. œnocyan
  4. œnocyte
  5. œnocytes
  6. œnolin
  7. œnologic
  8. œnological
  9. œnologically
  10. œnologist
  11. œnologists

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