Plant yielding a red dye

• Dye-yielding plant
• Red dye, or plant called bugloss
• Flower an officer’s put around Hollywood citizen
• Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"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.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses . [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa , and especially the Anchusa officinalis , sometimes called alkanet ; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss , the ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (taxlink Alkanna tinctoria species noshow=1), a plant whose root is used as a red dye. 2 The dyeing matter extracted from the plant, giving a deep red colour. 3 Other plants of the (taxlink Alkanna genus noshow=1) genus. 4 (taxlink Anchusa officinalis ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss , Anchusa officinalis ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Alkanet is the common name of several related plants in the borage family ( Boraginaceae ): Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria , the source of a red dye; this is the plant most commonly called simply "alkanet" Various other plants of the Alkanna genus may be informally ...