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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ORSELLIC

Or *sel "lic, a. Etym: [From F. orseille archil. See Archil. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly written also orseillic.]