1) Anchusa 2) Anchusa officinalis 3) Bugloss 4) Dye-yielding plant 5) Plant yielding a red dye 6) The dye itself
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1) Bugloss
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Alkanet is the common name of several related plants in the borage family (Boraginaceae): ...
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reddish plant-based dye
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• (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.
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any plant of the 50 or so mostly Mediterranean species of the genus Anchusa and the closely related Pentaglottis sempervirens, bearing blue, purple, ...
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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: Dim. Of Sp. Alcana, alhea, in which al is the Ar. A...
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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
Alkanna tinctoria , which gives a fine deep red co...
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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.
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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.
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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 from the Levant or from southern France. It imparts...
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Anchusa officinalis noun perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
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a European plant, Alkanna tinctoria, of the borage family. · the root of this plant, yielding a red dye. · the dye itself. · any of several similar hairy plants, as the bugloss, Anchusa officinalis, or a puccoon of the genus Lithospermum.
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