Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A peculiar coloring matter, represented by the formula C7H6(OH2), obtained from the orchella-weed and other lichens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (
Roccella ,Lecanora , etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in manylichens andsynthesizable fromtoluene .
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War In Babylon - Jamahrl Crawford tags: we be orcin 'un ange vole? link memories
how to take things for granted debreese_nambe 2009
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Am I not sufficiently clued in enough to the academic nuances, or is that a reference to these guys? eta: someone, anyone, make me an animated "we be orcing" icon? pretty please? eta2: we be orcin ', for real. mordor fo' liiiiiiiiife!!!!!!!! tags: we be orcin '
rec. nan_flanagan 2009
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Strasbourg with a thesis on fluoresceine and orcin-phthalein.
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I didn't carry it away, I simply said, read it this way and that's all I have done. stick a fork in me; i'm done. tags: rants, stupid assed shit, the sun never sets on the empire of fail, we be orcin 'mood: my slapping hand is itchy
here we go, again. rockbirthedme 2010
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