'Lichenic acid' definitions:
Definition of 'Lichenic acid'
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- Lichenic \Li*chen"ic\ (l[-i]*k[e^]n"[i^]k), a. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens. [1913 Webster]
- Lichenic acid. (a) An organic acid, C14H24O3, obtained from Iceland moss. (b) An old name of fumaric acid. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lichenic acid'
From: GCIDE
- Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria officinalis}). [1913 Webster]
- Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid. [1913 Webster]