alkanet

== English == === Etymology === Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña. === Noun === alkanet (countable and uncountable, plural alkanets) Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye. The 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. Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss), a similar plant. Anchusa ochroleuca (yellow alkanet). Cynoglottis barrelieri (syn. Anchusa barrelieri, false alkanet). Lithospermum arvense (bastard alkanet or field gromwell). Pentaglottis sempervirens (green alkanet), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves. Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis). ==== Synonyms ==== (Alkanna tinctoria): orchanet, orcanette, dyer's alkanet, bugloss, dyers' bugloss, Spanish bugloss, Languedoc bugloss ==== Translations ==== === References === “alkanet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === 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