erythroleic acid
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + Latin oleum (“oil”).
Noun
erythroleic acid (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, dated) A purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for erythroleic acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)