单词 | alkanet |
释义 | alkanet /al"keuh net'/, n. 1. a European plant, Alkanna tinctoria, of the borage family. 2. the root of this plant, yielding a red dye. 3. the dye itself. 4. any of several similar hairy plants, as the bugloss, Anchusa officinalis, or a puccoon of the genus Lithospermum. [1300-50; ME < OSp alcaneta, equiv. to alcan(a) henna (plant) ( < ML alchanna < Ar al the + hinna' henna) + -eta dim. suffix] |
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