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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens;
[syn: orchil, archil, cudbear]

2. any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil;
[syn: archil, orchil]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

archil n 1: a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil, archil, cudbear] 2: any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil [syn: archil, orchil]