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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 also chrysophanic acid.

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