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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: cudbear (0.01144 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to cudbear.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cudbear
cudbear
n : a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn:
orchil,
archil]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cudbear
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A lichen (
Lecanora tartarea), from which the
powder is obtained.
[1913 Webster]
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