thalassion

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

thălassĭon phȳcos, = θαλάσσιον φῦκος,

archil or orchil (a sea-plant which produces a reddish dye): Lichen roccella, Linn.; Plin. 26, 10, 66, § 103.