Amurca is the bitter-tasting, dark-colored, watery sediment that settles out of unfiltered olive oil over time. It is also known as "olive oil lees" in English. Historically, amurca was used for numerous purposes, as first described by Cato the Elder in De Agri Cultura, and later by Pliny the Elder.[1] Cato mentions its uses as a building material (128), pesticide (91, 92, 96, 98), herbicide (91, 129), dietary supplement for oxen (103) and trees (36, 93), food preservative (99, 101), as a maintenance product for leather (97), bronze vessel (98), and vases (100), and as a treatment for firewood in order to avoid smoke (130).[2]
Amurca pit at one oil mill, in the province of Jaén.
amurca, bitter, tasting, dark, colored, watery, sediment, that, settles, unfiltered, olive, over, time, also, known, olive, lees, english, historically, amurca, used, numerous, purposes, first, described, cato, elder, agri, cultura, later, pliny, elder, cato, . Amurca is the bitter tasting dark colored watery sediment that settles out of unfiltered olive oil over time It is also known as olive oil lees in English Historically amurca was used for numerous purposes as first described by Cato the Elder in De Agri Cultura and later by Pliny the Elder 1 Cato mentions its uses as a building material 128 pesticide 91 92 96 98 herbicide 91 129 dietary supplement for oxen 103 and trees 36 93 food preservative 99 101 as a maintenance product for leather 97 bronze vessel 98 and vases 100 and as a treatment for firewood in order to avoid smoke 130 2 Amurca pit at one oil mill in the province of Jaen References edit Pliny John Bostock Henry Thomas Riley 1856 The Natural History of Pliny Amurca of Olives Twenty one Remedies p 486 LacusCurtius Cato on Agriculture Sections 126 134 External links editCato the Elder on Agriculture Olives in Antiquity Smith s Dictionary 1875 Forerunners of Pesticides in Classical Greece and Rome nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chambers Ephraim ed 1728 Amurca Cyclopaedia or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences 1st ed James and John Knapton et al nbsp This pharmacology related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This toxicology related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amurca amp oldid 1143224631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
