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- noun chemistry A
dibasic acid , C17H32O4, of theoxalic series , found inarchil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and otherlichens .
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French roccellique, from roccelle archil, Italian roccella, from Italian rocca a rock, because archil grows on rock.
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