lichenic acid

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lichenic acid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis
     ).
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     Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid,
        extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance,
        C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as
        by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is
        found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also
        called lichenic acid.
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  Lichenic \Li*chen"ic\ (l[-i]*k[e^]n"[i^]k), a.
     Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
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     Lichenic acid.
     (a) An organic acid, C14H24O3, obtained from Iceland moss.
     (b) An old name of fumaric acid.
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