The Rocella tinctoria and fusiformis furnish the orchil, or orchilla weed of commerce, which is sometimes sold as a moist pulp, but usually in the form of dry cakes, known under the name of litmus; it produces a fine purple color.
Rock orchilla was shown at the Exhibition, from the Berlingen Isles, from Angola, Madeira and the Cape de Verds.
Iodine and kelp are prepared to a considerable extent from sea weeds; one species (Fucus tenax) furnishes large supplies of glue to the Canton market, and the orchilla weed is of great importance to the dyer.
The fine purple color which the orchilla weed yields, is in use as an agent for coloring, staining, and dyeing.
It is not found on the rocks, like the orchilla of the Old World, but grows on various trees.
The foliage of a tree disappears when the orchilla commences.
The language of the people here is Swaheli; they trade a little in gum-copal and Orchilla weed.
But the utility of the orchilla is not confined to the purposes of manufacture.
It has been suggested, that the orchilla was probably the Gertulian purple of the ancients; a conjecture which is strengthened by the fact, that the coast of Africa, where the orchilla abounds, was formerly called Gertulia.
The principal manufactories of orchilla in England are London and Liverpool, but there are many others in different parts of the country.
The orchilla is a delicate fibrous plant, springing up in situations that are apparently the most unfavourable to the sustenance of vegetable life.
Such is the esteem in which the orchilla of the Canaries is held, that it has recently reached the enormous value of 400l.
The recent political contest in Portugal, caused a total suspension of the shipment of orchilla at the islands.
The manufactured orchilla is frequently shipped to Germany, Holland, &c.
Hides, goat skins, and salt, are exported from these islands, but the chief and most valuable produce is the orchilla weed.
Half-way down, the pathway abruptly terminated in front of what seemed a mound of earth, although this was now overgrown with trees, covered with orchilla weed, that enveloped their trunks and gave them quite a venerable aspect.
I vas sure it vas Abingdon Islant vrom dat tall big peak of montane on ze port side dat vas cal't Cape Chalmers; vor, we vas anchor't to looard ven we vas hunting for ze weed orchilla and ze toordles.
I vas here one, doo, dree zummers ago, mit a drading schgooner vrom Guayaquil after a cargo of ze orchilla weed, dat fetch goot price in Equador.
To this market come the gum-copal, the hides, the orchilla weed, the timber, and the black slaves from Africa.
Here and there a few shrubs grew in the crevices of the rocks, or wild flowers, of an aspect strange to our eyes, wasted their beauty in solitude; and the small orchilla weed spread itself moss-like over the face of the cliff.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "orchilla" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
