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decoction

Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɒkʃən/

The English word “decoction” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
  2. The process of boiling something down in this way.

Etymology

From Old French decoccion, decoction, from Latin decoctiō, from decoquō (“to boil down”), from de- + coquō (“to cook”).

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