~ BROMA  med> ANY FOOD THAT NEEDS TO BE MASTICATED
              or CHEWED              sug> VORACITY
     gr BROMUS    = OATS         sug> GNAW
        BROMA       FOOD from    sug> DETERIORATE
        BIBROSKEIN  TO EAT
     also PRODUCT DERIVED FROM CACAO
     biol> NAME OF A VORACIOUS MOLLUSC
           leads to
     note sp BROMA = A JOKE
     note WOODEN SHIPS WERE DEVOURED BY
          THE BROMA MOLLUSC
~ BROMATOLOGY  gr BROMA = FOOD    COCOA
                  BROMOS  STINK
               id+ | STINK of FOOD |
               sc> SCIENCE OF NUTRITION
               med> NUTRITIONIST or BROMATOLOGIST
~ BROME        or BROMINE  AN ELEMENT
               myth> DIONYSUS LOVED THE NYMPH BROME
     perhaps KNOWING HOW DIONYSUS STUNK OF WINE
     some SPANIARDS CHOSE TO THINK OF HIS SHIP
               AS A STINKING VESSEL akin to
               ASCO or WINE BOOT  later in modern
               sp ASCO became a word for REPELLENT
~ BROMIDE      med> POTASSIUM BROMIDE or BR or Br
                    USED AS A SEDATIVE
~ BROMIUS      myth> one of the many names of BACCHUS
               from gr BROMOS = STENCH or STINK
  BACHUS or BROMIUS link DRUNKENNESS WITH ALCOHOLIC STENCH
  AND ITS SEDATIVE EFFECTS
  for main entry
  see> BACCHUS