| 单词 | alkanet |
| 释义 | Word Frequency alkanet(ˈælkəˌnɛt) noun 1. a European boraginaceous plant, Alkanna tinctoria, the roots of which yield a red dye 2. Also called: anchusin, alkannin the dye obtained from this plant 3. any of certain hairy blue-flowered Old World plants of the boraginaceous genus Anchusa (or Pentaglottis), such as A. sempervirens of Europe See also bugloss 4. another name for puccoon (sense 1) Word origin C14: from Spanish alcaneta, diminutive of alcana henna, from Medieval Latin alchanna, from Arabic al the + hinnā' henna |
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