lecanoricadj.
/lɛkəˈnɒrɪk//lɛkəˈnɔːrɪk/ Chemistry.
lecanoric acid n. a crystalline substance obtained by Schunck from certain members of the genus Lecanora of lichens.
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1852 H. B. Jones & A. W. Hoffman Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 4) 576 Boiled with water for some time, erythric acid absorbs 2 eq. and yields picro-erythrin..and a new acid..which is termed by some chemists lecanoric, by others orsellinic acid.
Derivatives
lecanorate n. /lɛkəˈɔːrət/ a salt of lecanoric acid.
/lɛkəˈɔːrət/ a salt of lecanoric acid.ΚΠ
1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 565 The lecanorates gradually decompose, especially when heated, yielding orsellinic acid, and ultimately orcin.
lecanorin n. /lɛkəˈnɔːrɪn/ = lecanoric acid n. at main sense.
/lɛkəˈnɔːrɪn/ = lecanoric acid n. at main sense.ΚΠ
1844 G. Fownes Man. Elem. Chem. 488 Fresh dye-lichens, exhausted by ether, yield a crystalline substance, which when purified by solution in alcohol, is perfectly white; to this the name lecanorine has been given.
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