erythroleic acid

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + Latin oleum (“oil”).

Noun

(organic chemistry, dated) A purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “erythroleic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)