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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: orchil (0.00918 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to orchil.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: orchil
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: orchil
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also
orchal and
orchil.]
[1913 Webster]
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