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Definition of alkanet in English Turkish dictionary
- sığırdili
- Kına
- öküzdili
- Anchusa officinalis mountain alkanet öküzdili
- havacıva
- Alkanna tinctoria
- kızıllık otu
- mountain alkanet
- (Botanik, Bitkibilim) öküzdili
- mountain alkanet
- (Botanik, Bitkibilim) arnika
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Definition of alkanet in English English dictionary
- A particular plant whose root is used as a dye
- {n} a plant, a species of gromwell
- Henna, alcanna
- perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
- A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet
- A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color
- {i} plant from the borage family (native to southern Europe); red dye obtained from this plant
- The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon
alkanet
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al·ka·netPronunciation
Etymology
[ 'al-k&-"net ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Old Spanish alcaneta, diminutive of alcana henna shrub, from Medieval Latin alchanna, from Arabic al-hinnA' the henna.Resimler
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