Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other…
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释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > [noun] > alkanet (5) alcanna?a1425 Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other… alkanet?c1425 The southern European plant, Alkanna tinctoria (family Boraginaceae), having blue flowers and a blackish root from which a red dye is obtained (see… anchusa1548 Originally: the plant alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria (family Boraginaceae) or the root of this plant, from which a red dye is obtained (now rare). In… orcanet1548 The plant dyer's alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria (family Boraginaceae), whose roots yield a red dye; †the dye obtained from this plant (obsolete). alkany1719 = alkanet, n. |
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