A kind of lichen furnishing a red dye: see cork, n.2
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > lichens or fungi used in dyeing > [noun] > others (8) corkir1703 A kind of lichen furnishing a red dye: see cork, n.2 Canary weed1712 a lichen of the genus Roccella (family Roccellaceae); spec. a greyish-green lichen found in the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean, R. tinctoria… perelle1712 A grey crustose lichen formerly collected in the Auvergne region of France for use in making a violet dye. Also: the dye itself. Canary moss1738 either of two lichens found in the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean and used to produce dye, Roccella tinctoria (= Canary weed n. at sense… cudbear1767 The lichen Lecanora tartarea. aweto1845 A caterpillar of a New Zealand porina moth (genus Wiseana, family Hepialidae) that has been infected by the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps robertsii… Mauritius weed1858 The lichen Roccella fuciformis, from which an inferior dye has sometimes been obtained. Cf. orchil, n. velvet moss1858 Gyrophora murina (Treasury Bot. Suppl. 1874). |
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