orchil in English

noun
1
a red or violet dye obtained from certain lichens, used as a source of litmus, orcinol, and other pigments.
He paints women with coloured earth, mud, carbon powder or orchil .
2
a lichen with flattened fronds from which a red or violet dye can be obtained.
noun

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1. Archil (countable and uncountable, plural Archils) Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc