(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:19:16

Vul"pic (?), a. Chem.

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained from a lichen (Cetraria vulpina) as a yellow or red crystalline substance which on decomposition yields pulvinic acid.

 

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