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Answer for the clue "Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made ", 6 letters:
crotal

Word definitions for crotal in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
crottal \crottal\ n. any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made. [Also spelled crottle and crotal .] Syn: .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made [syn: crottle , crottal ]

Usage examples of crotal.

If this is the case, then the shaman we saw may have been the friend and ally of those priestesses who range so widely in their civilization across the same land where he, in primitive savagery, once sacrificed with liturgical rigidity of drum and crotal in the small temple of the stone town.