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Cetrarin

Cetrarin \Cet"ra*rin\, n. [From Cetraria Islandica, the scientific name of Iceland moss.] (Chem.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss ( Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

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cetrarin

n. (context organic compound English) A white substance extracted from Iceland moss, one of whose ingredients is cetraric acid.

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It also contains a little sugar, fumaric acid, oxalic acid, about 3 per cent of cetrarin and 1 per cent of licheno-stearic acid.