Crossword-Solution: ORCIN 5 letters, 7 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Orcin n. 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.

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ORCIN anagram CORIN, CORNI, CRINO, INCOR, NORIC

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Compound derived from lichens. 1 answer
orcinol 1 answer
Chemical solid 2 answers
COLOURLESS crystalline substance extracted from lichens 2 answers
CRYSTALLINE substance extracted from lichens 2 answers
LICHEN-extracted substance yielding various dyes by chemical treatment 2 answers
crystalline substance 11 answers
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Orchil paste, orchil extract, and cudbear are obtained by exposing the plants (species of lichens) containing the colouring principle, called _Orcin_, itself a colourless substance, to the joint action of ammonia and air, when the oxygen of the air changes that orcin by oxidising it into _Orcèin_, which is the true red colouring matter contained in the preparations named.
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Watson Smith 2006
Etym: [Iso- + orcin.] (Chem.) Defn: A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Various 2009
See Lac a resinous substance.] (Chem.) Defn: A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Various 2009
Etym: [Xylene + orcin.] (Chem.) Defn: A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called also betaorcin.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Various 2009
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Appears in: NYT.

Used 2 times in crossword archives (1967–1972).