archil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: archil	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for archil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
archil n a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil, archil, cudbear] any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil Synonym(s): archil, orchil
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}.]