Or‐sel″lic (?), a. [From F. orseille archil. See Archil.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly written also orseillic.]
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.