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Meanings of Anchusa officinalis in English

Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.

Synonyms
Examples for "alkanet"
Examples for "alkanet"
1
Hydrochloric acid, whether dilute or concentrated, is without action on alkanet violet.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882
2
Among them are aniline violet, iodine violet, madder, alkanet, orchil and logwood.
Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concernin...
3
Both the above articles are sold either white or colored with alkanet root.
The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
4
The first group comprises madder, cochineal, orchil, alkanet, and murexide.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882
5
A little alkanet to color if you wish.
Our Deportment / Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most R...
1
Blue-weed, or viper's bugloss; travels of; description of.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
2
The bugloss belongs to what may be called beautiful weeds, despite its rough and bristly stalk.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
3
Non-fragrant flowers that yield honey are those of the raspberry, clematis, sumac, white oak, bugloss, ailanthus, goldenrod, aster, fleabane.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
4
One of these includes the forget-me-nots, the borage, the alkanet, and the viper's bugloss, which keep up this blue as a family heirloom.
The Naturalist on the Thames
5
Eat sparingly, and drink only barley water or clarified whey, and eat chickens and chicken broth, boiled with endive, succory, sorrel, bugloss and mallows.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C...