omphacine

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

omphacine (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Made from unripe olives.

   omphacine oil

   • 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:

     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, […]

References

• “omphacine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.