orcin

Variant of orcinol

orcinol definition

or·cinol (ôr′sə nôl′, -nōl′)

noun

a colorless, crystalline compound, CH·CH(OH), that becomes red in air, obtained from aloes, lichens, etc. and used as a medicine, in dyes, etc.
also orcin or′·cin (-sin)

Etymology: < It orcello, archil + -in + -ol

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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