Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cudbear"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cudbear \Cud"bear`\ (k?d"b?r`), n. [Also {cudbeard}, corrupted
fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotchman, who first
brought it into notice.]
1. 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}. --Ure.
2. (Bot.) A lichen ({Lecanora tartarea}), from which the
powder is obtained.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cudbear
n : a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: {orchil},
{archil}]
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