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ALKANET

\ˈalkɐnˌɛt], \ˈalkɐnˌɛt], \ˈa_l_k_ɐ_n_ˌɛ_t]\

Definitions of ALKANET

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The root of an herb, Alkanna, or Anchusa, tinctoria, which yields a red dye.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A red dye root.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A plant whose root yields a red dye.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A plant whose root yields a red dye.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The root of Anchusa, tinctoria, affording a red color.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A commercial name for several different plants belonging to the genera Anchusa (Alkanna, Lithospermun, and Lawsonia).
The root of Anchusa tinctoria, which is used for its red coloring matter. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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