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picro-
picro- (ˈpɪkrəʊ) before a vowel sometimes picr-, combining form of Gr. πικρός bitter, used to form scientific terms, (a) in the sense ‘having a bitter taste or smell’, esp. in the names of magnesium minerals, because magnesium salts have often a bitter taste; (b) in names of derivatives of picric ac... Oxford English Dictionary
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picrolichenin
picrolichenin Biochem. (pɪkrəʊˈlaɪkənɪn) [a. G. picrolichenin (A. Alms 1832, in Ann. d. Pharm. I. 62), f. picro- picro- + lichenin lichenin.] = picrolichenic acid.1862 H. Watts tr. Gmelin's Hand-bk. Chem. XV. 56 A pound of the lichen yields half an ounce of picrolichenin. 1901 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXX.... Oxford English Dictionary
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