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orchil
(encz) | orchil, n: |
Orchil
(gcide) | Orchil \Or"chil\, n.
See Archil.
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orchil
(gcide) | 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.
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2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also
orchal and orchil.]
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orchil
(wn) | orchil
n 1: a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil,
archil, cudbear]
2: any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil [syn:
archil, orchil] |
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Orchil
(gcide) | Orchil \Or"chil\, n.
See Archil.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also
orchal and orchil.]
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Orchilla weed
(gcide) | Orchilla weed \Or*chil"la weed`\ (Bot.)
The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil.
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