gyrophoric acid

noun

An acid found in the lichen Lasallia pustulata.

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Meanings

noungyrophoric acid (countable and uncountable, plural gyrophoric acids)

plural gyrophoric acids

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAn acid found in the lichen Lasallia pustulata.

Origin

Gyrophora -ic acid

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