Roccella

noun

Roc·​cel·​la

rōˈchelə

: a genus (the type of the family Roccellaceae) of chiefly maritime rock-inhabiting lichens that have a fruticulose or pendulous thallus and include some (especially Roccella tinctoria) which are the chief sources of the dye archil and some which furnish litmus compare lecanora, pertusaria

roccelline

-elə̇n

-eˌlīn

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Italian, archil (plant), alteration of oricello

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Rhymes for Roccella

• brucella
• candela
• capella
• chlorella
• flagella
• glabella
• lamella
• marcella
• mustela
• novella
• patella
• predella