SIMURG
balsamic
EN
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling balsam. Containing or yielding balsam. Restorative, curative.
Referred to any of various fragrant oleoresins, such as balm or tolu, obtained from any of several trees and shrubs and used as a base for medicines and perfumes; any of various similar substances used as medicinal or ceremonial ointments; any of certain aromatic resinous turpentines and any plant yielding balsam.
Emile Peynaud's "Le Gout de Vin" ("The Taste of Wine”) divided wine aromas into nine principal categories: animal odors, smells of game, beef and venison; balsamic odors, smells of pine trees, resin and vanilla; woody odors, smells of new wood of oak barrels; chemical odors, smells of acetone, mercaptan (skunks or natural gas) ecc.
/bɔːlˈsæmɪk/
Balsamic (adj.): c.1600, from balsam + -ic.
Università degli Studi di Genova, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Corso di Laurea in Teorie e Tecniche della Mediazione Interlinguistica.
Martina Podestà
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