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orchilla

noun, feminineplural: orchillas

a lichen, (Roccella canariensis)

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).

orchilla — Spanish Dictionary | Passage