alkanet
Any member of the species Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dyeAny member of the species Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.: The dyeing matter extracted from the roots of the plant with water or oil, used for cotton especially but also silk and wool, giving a deep red colour.
Meaning
8 sensesAny member of the species Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
(countable, uncountable)The dyeing matter extracted from the roots of the plant with water or oil, used for cotton especially but also silk and wool, giving a deep red colour.
Orkanette
алкани́нalkanín, алкане́тalkanét
(countable, uncountable)Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
(countable, uncountable)Common bugloss (Anchusa officinalis).
(countable, uncountable)Yellow alkanet (Anchusa ochroleuca).
(countable, uncountable)False alkanet (Cynoglottis barrelieri, syn. Anchusa barrelieri).
(countable, uncountable)Bastard alkanet or field gromwell (Lithospermum arvense).
(countable, uncountable)Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
(countable, uncountable)Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).
- perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
Translations
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Origin
Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña.Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña.
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Forms
plural: alkanetsSynonyms
8 synonymsLessons for this word
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