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Words related to orchil

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  • dyer's moss

    a lichen, Roccella tinctoria, from which the purple dye orchil can be prepared.

  • fucus

    any olive-brown seaweed or alga of the genus Fucus, having branching fronds and often air bladders.

  • orcein

    a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.

  • orcinol

    a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.

  • orseille

    orchil.
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