orcinol

(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

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

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