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orcin

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or=cin

CIDE DICTIONARY

orcinn. [Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.].
     A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

orcin, n. (also orcinol) a crystalline substance, becoming red in air, extracted from any of several lichens and used to make dyes.

Etymology
mod.L orcina f. It. orcello orchil

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