orchil
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Old French orchel, orseil (modern French orseille), of uncertain origin.
Noun
orchil (countable and uncountable, plural orchils)
- Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
- The dye, orcein, extracted from them.
Synonyms
- (lichen): archella weed
- (dye): lacmus, orcein
See also
References
Orcein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “orchil”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “orchil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.