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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Li·chen·ic 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
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