Osmazome

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Osmazome \Os"ma*zome\, n. [Gr. ? smell, odor + ? broth: cf. F.
     osmaz[^o]me.] (Old Chem.)
     A substance formerly supposed to give to soup and broth their
     characteristic odor, and probably consisting of one or
     several of the class of nitrogenous substances which are
     called extractives.


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