orsellinic acid
noun
or·sel·lin·ic acid
¦ȯ(r)sə¦linik-
: a crystalline acid C6H2(OH)2(CH3)COOH found chiefly in combination in certain lichens; 4,6-dihydroxy-ortho-toluic acid
called also ortho-orsellinic acid
compare lecanoric acid
Word History
Etymology
orsellinic International Scientific Vocabulary orsellin- (from orselle + -in, chemical suffix) + -ic
- kerosenes
- kerosine
- kerosines
- Kerouac
- kerplunk
- kerplunked
- kerplunking
- kerplunks
- Kerr cell
- Kerr effect
- kerrana
- methylic
- methylidyne
- methylmercuries
- methylmercury
- methylnaphthalene
- methylnaphthalenes
- methylol
- methylolurea
- methylpentose
- methylphenidate
- methylphenidates
- methylprednisolone
- methylprednisolones
- methylpropene