orcin Meaning, Definition & Usage

Or"cin noun
Etymology
Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.

Webster 1913