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noun. A European perennial herb (Alkanna tinctoria) having cymes of blue flowers and red roots.

noun. The root of this plant or the red dye extracted from the root.

noun. Any of various hairy plants of the Eurasian genus Anchusa, having blue or violet flowers grouped on elongated cymes.

noun. The root of a boraginaceous herb, Alkanna (Anchusa) tinctoria, yielding a red dye, for which the plant is cultivated in central and southern Europe.

noun. The plant which yields the dye, Alkanna tinctoria. Also called orcanet and Spanish bugloss.

noun. A name of similar plants of other genera.

noun. A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.

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noun. A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.

noun. The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.

noun. Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a dye.

noun. The dyeing matter extracted from the plant, giving a deep red colour.

noun. A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding a dye; orchanet.

noun. The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss.

noun. The American puccoon.

noun. perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

"It is prepared by precipitating an alcoholic extract of the root of the _Anchusa tinctoria_, commonly known as alkanet, a plant growing in the Levant, and some other warm countries."

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bugloss  orchanet