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Webster 1913 Edition
oenanthic
oe-nan′thic
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] the first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine;
οἴνη
the vine + [GREEK] bloom, ἄνθοσ
flower.] (Chem.)
Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid (oenanthic acid) whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf.
oenanthylic
.