alkanet

== English == === Etymology === Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña. === Noun === alkanet (countable and uncountable, plural alkanets) Any member of the species Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye. Synonyms: orchanet, orcanette, dyer's alkanet, bugloss, dyers' bugloss, Spanish bugloss, Languedoc bugloss dyeing matter extracted from the roots of the plant with water or oil, used for cotton especially but also silk and wool, giving a deep red colour. Other plants of the genus Alkanna. Common bugloss (Anchusa officinalis). Yellow alkanet (Anchusa ochroleuca). False alkanet (Cynoglottis barrelieri, syn. Anchusa barrelieri). Bastard alkanet or field gromwell (Lithospermum arvense). Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves. Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis). ==== Translations ==== === References === “alkanet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. alkanet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === kantela, take an L == Finnish == === Verb === alkanet second-person singular present potential of alkaa === Anagrams === lenkata, telakan == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === alkanet n definite singular of alkan == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === alkanet n definite singular of alkan