alkanet
pronunciation
How to pronounce alkanet in British English:
UK ['ælkænet]
How to pronounce alkanet in American English:
US ['ælkænet]
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- Noun:
- perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
Word Origin
- alkanet (n.)
- "dye material from bugloss plant roots," early 14c., from Spanish alcaneta, diminutive of alcana, from Arabic al-hinna (see henna). As the name of the plant itself, from 1560s.