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Roccella
Orcin Or"cin, n. [Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.] (Chem.) 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.
Roccella tinctoria
Litmus Lit"mus, n. [D. lakmoes; lak lacker + moes a thick preparation of fruit, pap, prob. akin to E. meat: cf. G. lackmus. See Lac a resinous substance.] (Chem.) 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. Note: Litmus is used as a dye, and being turned red by acids and restored to its blue color by alkalies, is a common indicator or test for acidity and alkalinity. Litmus paper (Chem.), unsized paper saturated with blue or red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies.
Roccella tinctoria
Roccellic Roc*cel"lic, a. [F. roccellique, fr. roccelle archil, It. & NL. roccella, fr. It. rocca a rock, because archil grows on rock.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.
Roccella tinctoria
Archil Ar"chil (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella, oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil.] 1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson. 2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also orchal and orchil.]

Meaning of Occella from wikipedia

- 1813) (Bering poacher) Occella iburia (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904) Occella kasawae (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925) Occella kuronumai (Freeman, 1951)...
- Occella iburia is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks in 1904, originally in the genus Occa...
- Occella kasawae is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Carl Leavitt Hubbs, originally in the genus Iburiella. It...
- Occella kuronumai is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by Harry Wyman Freeman in 1951, originally in the genus Occa. It is a marine, temperate...
- The Bering poacher (Occella dodecaedron) is a fish in the family Agonidae. It was described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1813, originally...
- Evermann, 1898 Brachyopsis Gill, 1861 Chesnonia Iredale & Whitley, 1969 Occella Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 Pallasina Cramer, 1895 Stellerina Cramer, 1896 Tilesina...
- Synonyms Brachyopsis verrucosus Lockington, 1880 Occa verrucosa (Lockington, 1880) Occella verrucosa (Lockington, 1880) Agonus barkani Steindachner, 1880...
- following 6 genera: Brachyopsis Gill, 1861 Chesnonia Iredale & Whitley, 1969 Occella Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 Pallasina Cramer, 1895 Stellerina Cramer, 1896 Tilesina...