different between vinegarweed vs vinegar

English

Etymology

vinegar +? weed, from the vinegary odour of its foliage.

Noun

vinegarweed (uncountable)

1. Trichostema lanceolatum, an annual flowering herb of the mint family with an intensely pungent scent, native to western North America.

English

Etymology

From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin v?num (“wine”) + Latin acer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æ?ed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?n???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?n???/
• Hyphenation: vin?e?gar

Noun

vinegar (countable and uncountable, plural vinegars)

1. (uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
2. (countable) Any variety of vinegar.

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See also

• non-brewed condiment

Verb

vinegar (third-person singular simple present vinegars, present participle vinegaring, simple past and past participle vinegared)

1. (transitive) To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.

   • Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […]

Derived terms

• vinegared
• vinegaring

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Anagrams

• Ginevra, Ingrave, avering, ingrave, reaving, vaginer