| 单词 | orchilla weed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorchilla weed 2. More fully orchilla weed. The lichen orchil. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > lichens or fungi used in dyeing > [noun] > archil lichen archil1551 stone-moss1681 argol1759 orchil1759 rock moss1763 orchilla1790 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1224 This, like all the other Canary Islands, affords orchilla weed in great plenty. 1813 E. Bancroft Exper. Res. Philos. Permanent Colours (new ed.) I. 294 The orchella was discovered growing abundantly..at the Cape de Verd islands. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xv. 266 We came upon groups of lofty trees as straight as masts, with festoons of orchilla-weed hanging from the branches. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 492 Litmus... Orchella Weed. 1981 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 14 329 Cowrie shells, gum arabic, orchella weed, ambergris, tortoise shell, and so on. < as lemmas |
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