Word: orchils
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: or
chils
Definition: Plural of orchil; any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
Morphemes:
Affix: orchil
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The dye, orcein, extracted from them.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: orchel
Language: fro
Decoded: orchel
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Alternative form of archil; any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.