Adjacent Words
Cucurbita foetidissimaCucurbita maxima
Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis
Cucurbita mixta
Cucurbita moschata
Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbita pepo melopepo
Cucurbita verrucosa
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceous
Cucurbite
Cucurbitive
Cud
Cudahy
cudbeard
Cudden
cuddie
Cuddle
Cuddled
cuddler
cuddlesome
cuddling
cuddly
Cuddy
Cudgel
Full-text Search for "cudbear"
6328
cudbear definitions
|
| Tweet |
|
|---|
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil, archil, cudbear]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: irregular from Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, 18th century Scottish chemist Date: 1764 a reddish coloring matter from lichens
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Cudbear Cud"bear` (k?d"b?r`), n. [Also cudbeard, corrupted fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotchman, who first brought it into notice.] 1. 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. --Ure. 2. (Bot.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.
