alkanet (English, noun)
expansion: alkanet (countable and uncountable, plural alkanets)
Senses:
glosses: Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
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glosses: 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.
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glosses: Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
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glosses: Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss), a similar plant.
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glosses: Anchusa ochroleuca (yellow alkanet).
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glosses: Cynoglottis barrelieri (syn. Anchusa barrelieri, false alkanet).
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glosses: Lithospermum arvense (bastard alkanet or field gromwell).
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glosses: Pentaglottis sempervirens (green alkanet), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
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glosses: Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).
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Forms:
form: alkanets
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