Dictionary entry

Lecanoric

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lec′a‐no″ric (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, or diorsellinicacid, lecanorin, etc.