Alkanet

[ælkәnet]

(n.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

(n.) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.

(n.) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.

Checker: Lowell

n. a plant native of the Levant and Southern Europe cultivated for its root which yields a red colouring matter: the dye itself.

Checker: Wilbur