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omphacine

omphacine adjective: made from unripe olives.

Adjective

omphacine (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Made from unripe olives.
    • omphacine oil
    • The Leaves infuſed or boyled in Oyl Omphacine, or unripe Olives ſet in the Sun for certain daies, or the green Leaves ſufficiently boyled in the said Oyl, is made an excellent green Balſom, not only for green and freſh Wounds, but alſo for old and inveterate Ulcers, […]1652, Nich[olas] Culpeper, “Adders Tongue”, in The English Physitian: Or An Astrologo-physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of This Nation. […], London: […] Peter Cole, […], →OCLC, page 1, column 1

Origin of omphacine

From Ancient Greek ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe fruit, especially grapes”): compare French omphacin.

Questions about omphacine

What does omphacine mean?
Omphacine means made from unripe olives.
What part of speech is omphacine?
Omphacine is an adjective.

Words near omphacine in the dictionary

  1. Omoticists
  2. Omotik
  3. Omoto
  4. OMOV
  5. OMPA
  6. omphacine
  7. omphacite
  8. omphacites
  9. omphacitic
  10. omphacomel
  11. omphal-

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