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archall

archall is the obsolete form of orchil.

Meaning of orchil

Noun

orchil (countable and uncountable, plural orchils)

  1. Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
    Synonyms:
    orchella weed, archil lichen
  2. The purple dye, orcein, extracted from them (especially Lecanora tartarea) and often used as substitute for Tyrian purple.
    Synonyms:
    lacmus, orcein

Questions about archall

What is archall the obsolete form of?
Archall is the obsolete form of orchil.

Words near archall in the dictionary

  1. archaizes
  2. archaizing
  3. archaizingly
  4. archaka
  5. archakas
  6. archall
  7. archallaxes
  8. archallaxis
  9. Archambault
  10. Archambaults
  11. Archambeau

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archall (page history and authors); orchil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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