alkanet

Meanings

1. Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
2. The dyeing matter extracted from the roots of the plant with water or oil, used for cotton especially but also silk and wool, giving a deep red colour.
3. Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
4. Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss), a similar plant.
5. Anchusa ochroleuca (yellow alkanet).
6. Cynoglottis barrelieri (syn. Anchusa barrelieri, false alkanet).
7. Lithospermum arvense (bastard alkanet or field gromwell).
8. Pentaglottis sempervirens (green alkanet), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
9. Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).

Etymology

Diminutive of Spanish alcana, alheña.