Look up: Alkanet


  1. alkanet
    Type: Term Pronunciation: al′kă-net Definitions: 1. The root of an herb, Alkanna, or Anchusa tinctoria (family Boraginaceae), that yields the red dyes alkannan and alkannin; used as a coloring agent; also used, combined with tannin, as an astringent.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=2246

  2. Alkanet
    Al'ka·net noun [ Dim. of Spanish alcana , alheña , in which al is the Arabic article. See Henna , and cf . Orchanet .] 1. (Chemistry) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alka...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/56

  3. alkanet
    1. <chemistry> A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red colour. ... 2. <botany> A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon. ... Origin: D...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?alkanet

  4. alkanet
    Anchusa officinalis noun perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=alkanet

  5. Alkanet
    • (n.) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon. • (n.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color. • (n.) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/alkanet/

  6. alkanet
    any plant of the 50 or so mostly Mediterranean species of the genus Anchusa and the closely related Pentaglottis sempervirens, bearing blue, purple, ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/47

  7. Alkanet
    Alkanet is a perennial Boraginaceae found in warmer parts of Europe. It has a black tap root and funnel-shaped flowers which commence red and then turn blue.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BA.HTM

  8. Alkanet
    Alkanet is a dyeing drug, the bark of the root of the Anchusa or Alkanna tinctoria, a plant of the order Boraginaceae, with downy and spear-shaped leaves, and clusters of small purple or reddish flowers. The plant is sometimes cultivated in Britain, but most of the alkanet of commerce was imported f...
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  9. Alkanet
    Alkanet is the name of several related plants in the borage family (Boraginaceae): ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkanet

  10. alkanet
    1) Anchusa 2) Anchusa officinalis 3) Bugloss
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/alkanet/1

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