n. [ Gr. &unr_; bitter + &unr_; honey: cf. F. picromel. ] (Old Chem.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]