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n. A purplish-red dye derived from certain lichens.

n. A violet-red powder, difficult to moisten with water, prepared from certain lichens, especially Lecanora tartarea, and used for making violet or purple dye.

n. A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.

n. A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea.

n. A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.

n. A purple or violet powder, used in dyeing violet, purple, and crimson, prepared from various species of lichens, especially from Lecanora tartarea, which grows on rocks in northern Europe.

n. The plant Lecanora tartarea. Also called cudweed.

n. a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens

"His technique improved the stability of the popular but fragile violets and purples this lichen produced. 1 Gordon, who was a merchant, and his brother, a coppersmith, formed a partnership to sell cudbear, supplying printers and dyers throughout Britain."

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