treemoss
nounEtymology From tree + moss.
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Unprocessed mosses and lichens found growing on trees, often used commercially in fragrances.
- There are but few plants, also , (such as perhaps, the Yew, Savine, and most treemosses, ) which do not serve for the abode and support of known Insects.1825, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Richard Thomas Gore, A Manual of the Elements of Natural History, page 175:
- The principal constituents of treemoss are lichen acids, some of which are atranorin, furfuracinic acid and chloroatranorin (Guenther, 1952).2013, D. L. J. Opdyke, Monographs on Fragrance Raw Materials, page 711:
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- Treemoss products are generally used to “cut” true oakmoss in order to reduce the cost.2017, Steffen Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 451:
- Of chemicals relevant for sensitization, a typical industrial treemoss absolute oil (which is also an extract) may contain approximately 0.36% atranol, 0.22% chloratranol and 5-6% dehydroabietic acid and other resin acids (including the allergenic 7-oxodehydroabietic acid), but undetectable levels of atranorin and chloroatranorin, as these are easily degraded into atranol and chloroatranol (20).2021, Anton C. de Groot, Monographs in Contact Allergy, page 268: