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Noun: orchil  or-chil
  1. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
    - archil, cudbear
     
  2. Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
    - archil

Derived forms: orchils

Type of: dye, dyestuff, lecanora

Part of: genus Lecanora

Encyclopedia: Orchil

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orchid cactus
orchid family
orchid tree
Orchidaceae
orchidaceous
orchidaceous plant
Orchidales
orchidalgia
orchidectomy
orchiectomy
orchil
orchiopexy
orchis
Orchis mascula
Orchis papilionaceae
Orchis spectabilis
orchitis
orchotomy
Orcinus
Orcinus orca
Orcus