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orcanet|ˈɔːkənɪt|
Forms: 6–7 orchanet, 7–8 orcanet, 8 orkanet, 8–9 orcanette.
[a. OF. orcanette, altered from arcanette, dim. of arcanne (Cotgr.), for OF. alcanne (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med.L. alkanna, whence the parallel form alkanet.]
The plant Alkanna tinctoria, or the dye obtained from it: = alkanet.
1548Turner Names Herbes, Anchusa..may be named in englishe wilde Buglos or orchanet, as the french men do. 1567[see alkanet 2]. 1601Holland Pliny I. 381 But those that haue the root of Orcanet in them, need no salt. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 48 We have brought to us often⁓times, from the Levant, a kind of Orcanette. 1736Bailey Househ. Dict. 446 Orkanet. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 50 The Common Alkanet, or Orcanette, used by druggists. |