catnachen.
rare.
Apparently a corruption of catananche ( C. cærulea), the Blue Succory, a perennial herbaceous plant, of the south of Europe.
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1803 Wheat & Weeds in Poet. Monitor 113 With star-like rays, and sky-like blue..The catnache blue may serve to name The proud, conceited, flirting dame.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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