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Noun
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lit=mus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun has 1 sense

  • litmus(n = noun.substance) litmus test - a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator;


CIDE DICTIONARY

n. Array
     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.  [1913 Webster]
Litmus paper (Chem.), unsized paper saturated with blue or red litmus, -- used in testing for acids or alkalies.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

, n. a dye obtained from lichens that is red under acid conditions and blue under alkaline conditions.

Idiom
litmus paper a paper stained with litmus to be used as a test for acids or alkalis.
Etymology
ME f. ONorw. litmosi f. ON litr dye + mosi moss
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