orchilla

== English == === Alternative forms === orchella === Etymology === From Spanish orchilla. === Noun === orchilla (uncountable) Orchil lichen. ==== Derived terms ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa, influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla). === Noun === orchilla f (plural orchillas) a lichen, (Roccella canariensis) === Further reading === “orchilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025