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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LECANORIC

LECANORIC Lec `a *no "ric, a. (Chem. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc. ), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, or diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.