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"Alkanet"
Keywords:
tinctoria
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alkanna
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anchusa
,
bugloss
,
officinalis
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A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
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A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.
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The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.
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a group of plants whose roots give off a red dye; used primarily as a coloring agent, but according to some early herbalists, "it helps old ulcers, hot inflammations, and burnings by common fire."
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perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
wordnet.princeton.edu
The name alkanet generally refers to Alkanna tinctoria or Dyer's Bugloss (though it may be used for Anchusa officinalis or Common Bugloss).
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