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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Obsolete form of orchil. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. 2
   any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil wordnet
3. 3
   a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cudbearorchilorchil

Etymology

Variant of orchil, from Middle English orchell.

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