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Webster 1913 Edition


Myronic

My-ron′ic

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Adj.
[Gr.
μύρον
a sweet-smelling unguent.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; – used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.

Definition 2024


myronic

myronic

English

Adjective

myronic (comparative more myronic, superlative most myronic)

  1. fragrant, perfumed
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      He wore only a thin-bretelled blue undershirt that rucked under his pectoral mass but stretched ceaseless across his myronic flanks.