alkanet

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
3. (countable, uncountable) Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
4. (countable, uncountable) Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss), a similar plant.
5. (countable, uncountable) Anchusa ochroleuca (yellow alkanet).
6. (countable, uncountable) Cynoglottis barrelieri (syn. Anchusa barrelieri, false alkanet).
7. (countable, uncountable) Lithospermum arvense (bastard alkanet or field gromwell).
8. (countable, uncountable) Pentaglottis sempervirens (green alkanet), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
9. (countable, uncountable) Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).

Synonyms

bugloss

Anchusa officinalis

anchusa

orchanet

common bugloss

orcanette

alkanna

Translations

havacıva

öküzdili

sığırdili

orcanette des teinturiers

anchusa officinalis

buglossa

alcannina

Anchusa

Alkanet

alcana

Alkanna tinctoria

kızıllık otu

Anchusa officinalis

Ochsenzunge

Etymology

Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña.