lecanoric acid

English

Etymology

Lecanora +‎ -ic

Noun

lecanoric acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An organic acid obtained from several lichens (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.).

Synonyms

• diorsellinic acid
• orsellic acid
• lecanorin

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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