picromel Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pic"ro*mel noun
Etymology
Gr. bitter + honey: cf. F. picromel.
Definitions
  1. (Old Chem.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913