cudbear

Meaning

A violet-red powder, difficult to moisten with water, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia tartarea (species) (syn. Lecanora tartarea), and used for making violet or purple dye.
A rim lichen, crabseye lichen (Ochrolechia tartarea (species), syn. Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.

Corrupted from the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotsman, who patented the process of manufacture.

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