单词 | alkanet |
释义 | alkanet (once / 144138 pages) n WORD FAMILY alkanet: alkanets USAGE EXAMPLESFor rosy cheeks, alkanet and cochineal roots were used as the basis for rouge. BBC(May 10, 2013) A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) The ancients deemed this plant one of the four “cordial flowers” for cheering the spirits, the others being the rose, violet, and alkanet. Berdoe, Edward, The Browning Cyclop?dia—A Guide to...(2011) n perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers Syn|Hyper Anchusa officinalis, bugloss anchusa any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers |
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