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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Alkanet (0.00939 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Alkanet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: alkanet
alkanet
n : perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
usually blue flowers [syn:
bugloss,
Anchusa officinalis
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alkanet
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]
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