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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A vegetable substance extracted by alcohol from several lichens, as Cetraria Islandica (Iceland moss) and Sticta pulmonacea. It forms a fine white powder, very bitter to the taste.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

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  • noun organic chemistry A white substance extracted from Iceland moss, one of whose ingredients is cetraric acid.

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Cetraria +‎ -in

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