SIMURG
Earthy
AG
Adj.
This term is used when oil has acquired a musty humid odor because it has been pressed from unwashed, muddy olives.1
Characteristic flavour of oils obtained from fruit in which large numbers of fungi and yeasts have developed as a result of its being stored in humid conditions for several days or of oil obtained from olives that have been collected with earth or mud on them and which have not been washed. 2
Earthy flavour of oil from olives collected with earth or mud on them and not washed. 3
/ˈɜːθi/ 4
Syn. Humid, Musty
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Late 14c., "containing or resembling the substance earth," from earth (n.) + -y (2). Of tastes, smells, etc., from 1550s. Figurative sense of "coarse, unrefined" is from 1590s. Related: Earthiness. 5
GB
Università di Genova - Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere - dipartimento DISCLIC
1. https://www.oliveoilsource.com/article/tasting-olive-oil 05/04/2017
2. http://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italiano/Earthy+flavour 05/04/2017
3. http://lingorado.com/ipa/ 05/04/2017
4. http://www.etymonline.com/ 05/04/2017