Oenanthic

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Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet ofwine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whoseethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, oraroma, of old wine. Cf. OEnanthylic. OEnanthic acid, an acid obtainedfrom oenanthic ether by the action of alkalies.-- OEnanthic ether, an ethereal substance (not to be confused withthe bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting ofa complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higheracids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it usedin flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also oil of wine.See Essential oil, under Essential.