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erythrin

(Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C

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, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.

(Min.) See Erythrite,

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