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Definition of: cudbear
(kud′bâr) noun
1. A purplish-red dyestuff, similar to archil, made from lichens and used as a coloring for foods and drugs.
2. The lichen (genus Lecanora) that furnishes the dye. [Coined from his first name by Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, who first made it]
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