alkanet
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alkanet
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Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña.
noun alkanets
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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.
Similar: orchanet, orcanette, dyer's alkanet, bugloss, dyers' bugloss, Spanish bugloss, Languedoc bugloss
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Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
Similar: orchanet, orcanette, dyer's alkanet, bugloss, dyers' bugloss, Spanish bugloss, Languedoc bugloss
- Common bugloss (Anchusa officinalis).
- Yellow alkanet (Anchusa ochroleuca).
- False alkanet (Cynoglottis barrelieri, syn. Anchusa barrelieri).
- Bastard alkanet or field gromwell (Lithospermum arvense).
- Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
- Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).
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noun Alkanna tinctoria
| 한국어 | 알칸나 alkanna |
|---|---|
| Português | alcana |
| Français | orcanette des teinturiers |
| Deutsch | Schminkwurz |
| Русский | алка́нна alkánna, алка́нна краси́льная alkánna krasílʹnaja |
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title = {alkanet},
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