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ROCCELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roccella mean?
• ROCCELLA (noun)
The noun ROCCELLA has 1 sense:
1. a source of the dye archil and of litmus
Familiarity information: ROCCELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A source of the dye archil and of litmus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
roccella; Roccella tinctoria
Hypernyms ("roccella" is a kind of...):
lichen (any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.)
Holonyms ("roccella" is a member of...):
genus Roccella (chiefly fruticose maritime rock-inhabiting lichens)
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