Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

oenanthylic

oenanthylic , adjective

Oenanthylic and oenanthic are now considered as syonyms (1999).

(Chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptanoic acid.