orˈsellic, a. Chem.
[f. med.L. Orsella orchil + -ic.]
In orsellic acid, a crystalline solid, C16H14O7 + 2H2O, obtained from South African and South American lichens.
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 542 note, Lecanoric acid, according to Gerhardt, is identical with the alpha and beta orsellic acids of Stenhouse. 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 235. |
So ˈorsellate, a salt of orsellic acid; orseˈllinic acid, a crystalline substance, C8H8O4 + H2O, obtained by the action of baryta water on erythrin; also called orseˈllesic orsellesic acid. orˈsellinate, a salt of orsellinic acid.
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 543 Orsellesic Acid. Ibid., Lecanoric ether, more properly orsellesic ether. 1873 Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 805 Orsellinic acid, when boiled with baryta-water, splits up into carbon dioxide and orcin. |