CUDBEAR


Meaning of CUDBEAR in English

/kud"bair'/ , n.

a violet coloring matter obtained from various lichens, esp. Lecanora tartarea.

[ 1760-70; coinage by Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, 18th-century Scottish chemist, based on his own name ]

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