Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fanciful name under which nitrobenzol is sold as oil of mirbane or essence of mirbane.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
nitrobenzene .
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- noun
nitrobenzene
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Among French perfumeries we have found, under the name of artificial oil of bitter almonds, and under the still more poetical name of "essence de mirbane," several samples of essential oils, which are no more nor less than nitrobenzol.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
hernesheir commented on the word mirbane
(n): the artificial essence of bitter almonds. This substance is a yellow liquid sometimes used in perfumery and confectionery of inferior quality.
January 4, 2009