Words Seldom Seen: Tincture

Tincture

Noun: 1) A slight trace of something. 2) A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol. 3) A delivery system for cannabis.

Examples: 1) “The water had a tincture of melon that I didn’t like.” 2&3) “The tincture of cannabis was applied to the tongue, no joint required.”

Photo is of morning dew on a feather in Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Astoria, Oregon


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