OENANTHIC
Adjective
oenanthic (not comparable)
Alternative form of enanthic
Anagrams
• cathinone
Source: Wiktionary
OE*nan"thic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of
wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose
ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or
aroma, of old wine. Cf. OEnanthylic. OEnanthic acid, an acid obtained
from oenanthic ether by the action of alkalies.
– OEnanthic ether, an ethereal substance (not to be confused with
the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of
a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher
acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it used
in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also oil of wine.
See Essential oil, under Essential.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition