Orchil

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several lichens, chiefly of the genera Roccella and Lecanora, from which a dye is obtained.
  • n. The violet dyestuff obtained from any of these organisms.
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  • n. Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
  • n. The dye, orcein, extracted from them.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See archil.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as archil.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
  • n. a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lecanora    dye    dyestuff   
    Variant
    archil   
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