Orcinol Definition

ôrsənôl, ôrsənōl
noun
A colorless, crystalline compound, C6H3CH3(OH)2, that becomes red in air, obtained from aloes, lichens, etc. and used as a medicine, in dyes, etc.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) A natural phenolic organic compound that occurs in many species of lichen, used in the production of orcein and as a reagent in some chemical tests for pentoses.

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Noun

Singular:
orcinol
Plural:
orcinols

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