Category:Orcin

Or"cin, n. Etym: [etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.] (chem.)

Defn: 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.