garança

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === granza === Etymology === Borrowed from French garance, from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wratja, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === garança f (plural garanças) madder (Rubia tinctorum, a herbaceous plant) Synonyms: ruiva-dos-tintureiros, ruiva alizarin; madder (red dye extracted from madder root) Synonym: alizarina === References === === Further reading === “garança”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026