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alkanet

英 ['ælkənet] 美 ['ælkə,nɛt]

n. 朱草；紫草根；由朱草提制的红色染料

英文词源

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.