orsellinic acid
Chemistry
noun
A crystalline phenolic acid found in some lichens and fungi, chiefly in the form of depsides such as lecanoric acid; 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid, C8H8O4.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- thermion
- thermionic
- thermionic emission
- thermionics
- thermionic tube
- thermionic valve
- thermistor
- thermit
- thermite
- thermo-
- thermoacidophile
- thermobaric
- thermochemical
- thermochemistry
- thermochromic
- thermocline
- thermocouple
- thermodynamic
- thermodynamical
- thermodynamically
- thermodynamicist
- thermodynamics
- thermo-elastic
- thermoelectric
- thermoelectrically