| 单词 | rock moss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock moss rock moss n. now rare any of several lichens from which orchil, a red or purple dye, is obtained, esp. Rocella tinctoria. 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 1763 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Rec. App. ii. 132 Making Orchell from Rock or Stone Moss. 1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 116 The most useful and best known of our native dye-lichens is the rock-moss or cudbear (Lecanora tartarea). 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 527 Orchella weed, dyer's weed, rock moss. 1924 Times 28 May 11/3 The colours are all vegetable dyes, some from rock moss and some birch bark. < as lemmas |
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