a. [ Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera
n. See Caramel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. hydromel, hydromeli, Gr. &unr_;;
a. See Cyamellone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; bitter + &unr_; honey: cf. F. picromel. ] (Old Chem.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It was formerly supposed to be the essential principle of the bile, but is now known to be a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic and taurocholic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]