Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orchil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orchil \Or"chil\, n.
See {Archil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also
{orchal} and {orchil}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orchil
n 1: a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: {archil},
{cudbear}]
2: any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil [syn: {archil}]
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