Amurca
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Amurca is the bitter tasting, dark watery liquid which flows from pressed olives under light pressure, prior to the olive oil which only drains under greater pressure. Historically, amurca was used for numerous purposes,[1] including as a building material, pesticide[2], herbicide[2], and even as an astringent, which was called by the same name. Firewood treated with amurca burns smokelessly[3].
[edit] References
- ^ Pliny, John Bostock; Riley, H. T. (1856). The Natural History of Pliny: Amurca of Olives - Twenty-one Remedies. p. 486.
- ^ a b Ancient and Modern Day Pest Control
- ^ John N. Lupia in discussion with David Hall[dead link]
[edit] External links
- More information on ancient uses
- Marcus Cato on Agriculture
- Olives in Antiquity (Smith's Dictionary, 1875)
- Forerunners of Pesticides in Classical Greece and Rome
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