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Noun: archil  aa(r)-kil
  1. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
    - orchil, cudbear
     
  2. Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
    - orchil

Derived forms: archils

Type of: dye, dyestuff, lecanora

Part of: genus Lecanora

Encyclopedia: Archil

Nearest

archetypical
archiannelid
Archiannelida
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald Percival Wavell
archidiaconal
archidiaconate
Archidiskidon
Archidiskidon imperator
archiepiscopal
archil
Archilochus
Archilochus colubris
archimandrite
Archimedean
Archimedes
Archimedes' principle
archine
arching
archipallium
archipelagic