"orchil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: orchils [plural], archil [alternative], archall [alternative], orchel [alternative], orchal [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English orchell, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa. The name of the dye was influenced by the visual resemblance of the lichen used in production to a small ear. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|orchell}} Middle English orchell, {{der|enm|fro|orchel}} Old French orchel, {{der|fro|roa-oca|orxella}} Old Catalan orxella, {{der|en|ar|tr='urjālla}} Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla), {{der|en|it|oricello}} Italian oricello, {{der|en|la|ōricilla}} Latin ōricilla, {{suffix|la|illa|nocat=1}} illa, {{suffix|la|cula|nocat=1}} cula, {{suffix|la|illa|nocat=1}} illa Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} orchil (countable and uncountable, plural orchils)
  1. Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (lichen): orchella weed, archil lichen
    Sense id: en-orchil-en-noun-wgod4mug Categories (other): Lichens Disambiguation of Lichens: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'lichen': 100 0
  2. The purple dye, orcein, extracted from them (especially Lecanora tartarea) and often used as substitute for Tyrian purple. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (dye): lacmus, orcein
    Sense id: en-orchil-en-noun-nZNIqjk2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Dyes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Dyes: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'dye': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cudbear Translations (Translations): orseille f orcéine (French), oricello (Italian), orcina [feminine] (Portuguese), urchilla orcina (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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