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ascescence

ascescence noun: a sharp sweetish and sourish quality of wine, arising from the presence of acetic acid and ethyl acetate.

Noun

ascescence (uncountable)

  1. A sharp sweetish and sourish quality of wine, arising from the presence of acetic acid and ethyl acetate.
    • As the ascescence of wine is by far the most common, one might almost say it is the most natural disease of wine; for the vinous is naturally followed by the acetous fermentation.1825, James Busby, A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, and the Art of Making Wine, page 228
    • […] he affirmed that the gypsum prevented the ascescence of the wine made from the Bourre and the Aramon.1868, The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, page 270

Questions about ascescence

What does ascescence mean?
Ascescence means a sharp sweetish and sourish quality of wine, arising from the presence of acetic acid and ethyl acetate.
What part of speech is ascescence?
Ascescence is a noun.

Words near ascescence in the dictionary

  1. ascertaineth
  2. ascertaining
  3. ascertainment
  4. ascertainments
  5. ascertains
  6. ascescence
  7. ascescent
  8. asceses
  9. ascesis
  10. ascetic
  11. ascetical

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