roccellic acid

noun

A dibasic acid, C₁₇H₃₂O₄, of the oxalic series, found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens.

OriginFrench roccellique ← Italian roccella →
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Meanings

nounroccellic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA dibasic acid, C₁₇H₃₂O₄, of the oxalic series, found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens.

Origin

  1. Italianroccella
  2. Frenchroccellique
  3. Englishroccellic acid

From French roccellique, from roccelle (“archil”), from Italian roccella, from rocca (“a rock”), because archil grows on rock.

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