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from The Century Dictionary.
- Obtained from the wall-lichen: noting an acid, the same as
chrysophanic acid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen
Parmelia parietina , and called alsochrysophanic acid.
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