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- Cudbear - n. - A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea.
- Cudbear - n. - A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.
- Orcein - n. - A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, /, obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil. It is closely related to litmus.