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archil

UK/ˈɑːkɪl/US/ˈɑɹkɪl/

archil is the alternative 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

Forms of archil

pluralarchils

Questions about archil

What is archil the alternative form of?
Archil is the alternative form of orchil.
How do you pronounce archil?
Archil is pronounced /ˈɑːkɪl/ (UK).

Words near archil in the dictionary

  1. archigraphemes
  2. archigraphemic
  3. archigregarine
  4. archigregarines
  5. archiheretical
  6. archil
  7. Archila
  8. Archilas
  9. Archilochean
  10. Archilochian
  11. Archilochos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archil (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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