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Alkanet
(gcide) | Alkanet \Al"ka*net\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*n[e^]t), n. [Dim. of Sp.
alcana, alhe[~n]a, in which al is the Ar. article. See
Henna, and cf. Orchanet.]
1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of
Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding
the dye; orchanet.
(b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss;
also, the American puccoon.
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alkanet
(gcide) | Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses. [F. buglosse, L.
buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the {Anchusa
officinalis}, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
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Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the
Lycopsis arvensis.
Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.
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alkanet
(wn) | alkanet
n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet, {Anchusa
officinalis}] |
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alkanet
(gcide) | Alkanet \Al"ka*net\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*n[e^]t), n. [Dim. of Sp.
alcana, alhe[~n]a, in which al is the Ar. article. See
Henna, and cf. Orchanet.]
1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of
Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.)
(a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding
the dye; orchanet.
(b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss;
also, the American puccoon.
[1913 Webster]Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses. [F. buglosse, L.
buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the {Anchusa
officinalis}, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
[1913 Webster]
Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the
Lycopsis arvensis.
Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.
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alkanet
(wn) | alkanet
n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet, {Anchusa
officinalis}] |
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