lichenic acid 地衣酸
Lichenic \Li*chen"ic\ (l[-i]*k[e^]n"[i^]k), a.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
{Lichenic acid}.
(a) An organic acid, {C14H24O3}, obtained from Iceland moss.
(b) An old name of fumaric acid.
Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria
officinalis}).
{Fumaric acid} (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid,
extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance,
{C2H2(CO2H)2}, and produced artificially in many ways, as
by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is
found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also
called {lichenic acid}.