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Webster 1913 Edition


Omphacine

Om′pha-cine

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] an unripe grape or olive: cf. F.
omphacin
.]
Of, pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit;
as,
omphacine
oil
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Omphacine

OM'PHACINE

,
Adj.
[Gr. from unripe fruit.]
Pertaining to or expressed from unripe fruit. Omphacine oil is a viscous brown juice extracted from green olives. With this the wrestlers in the ancient gymnastic exercises used to anoint their bodies.

Definition 2024


omphacine

omphacine

English

Adjective

omphacine (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or expressed from unripe fruit.
    omphacine oil