Alkanet - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Alkanet : (noun)

1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, Anchusa officinalis]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Alkanet : \Al"ka*net\, n. [Dim. of Sp. alcana, alhe[~n]a, in which al is the Ar. article. See Henna, and cf. Orchanet.] 1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

2. (Bot.) (a) A boraginaceous herb ({Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. (b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses. [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox _ ? tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.

Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.

Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Alkanet
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Alkanet - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Alkanet