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orcin

The English word “orcin” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene.

Etymology

From French orcine, from New Latin orcina, from Dutch orseille, from French orseille, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula +…

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