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 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. [1913 Webster]