orcinol


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
orcinol /ˈɔːsɪnɒl/
noun Chemistry a crystalline compound extracted from orchil, used to make dyes.
– origin C19: from mod. L. orcina, from Ital. orcello ‘orchil’.
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