omphacine

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adjective

Made from unripe olives.

“omphacine oil”

OriginAncient Greek ὄμφαξ ← French omphacin →
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Meanings

adjectiveomphacine (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteMade from unripe olives.

    omphacine oil

    1 more example

    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, […]

    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

Origin

  1. Frenchomphacin
  2. Ancient Greekὄμφαξ“unripe fruit, especially grapes”
  3. Englishomphacine

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

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APA

omphacine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omphacine

MLA

“omphacine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omphacine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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