orchil

Examples

• All

• Textiles colored with orchil have a distinctive violet hue.

• The extraction of orchil was once an important industry in Mediterranean regions.

• Certain species of lichen are valued for producing orchil, a natural purple dye.

• Many ancient textiles were colored with orchil.

• Certain species of lichen are valued for producing orchil, a natural purple dye.

• Textiles colored with orchil have a distinctive violet hue.

• The extraction of orchil was once an important industry in Mediterranean regions.

Synonyms

R

roccella

vsorchil

• Specialized

9.9

A small plant-like growth on rocks used to make purple and blue dyes

is the general term for such dye-producing lichens rather than the formal genus

R

Roccella tinctoria

vsorchil

• Specialized

9.9

A lichen used to make archil and litmus dyes

is the broader common label covering various dye-producing lichens

C

crotal

vsorchil

• Archaic

9.9

A small growth on rocks that people use to make reddish brown or purple dye

is focused on lichens that yield the purple-red dye rather than other dye types

C

crottle

vsorchil

• Archaic

9.9

A lichen that grows on rocks and gives reddish-brown dye for cloth

is focused on lichens that yield the purple-red dye rather than other dye types

Surface Forms

Etymology