Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ethyl or amyl valerianate diluted with alcohol: used to imitate the odor of apples in confectionery and soda-water syrups. Also
apple-essence .
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Examples
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I found, besides the pear-oil, also an _apple-oil_, which, according to my analysis, is nothing but valerianate of amyloxide.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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By oxidation with bichromate of potash and sulphuric acid, fusel oil yields valerianic acid, which is used in medicine, and apple-oil, employed as a flavoring ingredient in confectionery.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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