orsellic acid

English

Alternative forms

orseillic acid

Etymology

From French orseille (“archil”). See archil.

Noun

(organic chemistry) An acid found in certain lichens; lecanoric acid.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “orsellic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)