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Meanings of alkanet red in English

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Red dye extracted from the roots of various species of Old World plants.

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        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
        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...
        2
        Color the grease very strongly with alkanet root, then proceed as for the manufacture of saponaceous cream.
        The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
        3
        Olive oil one pound, attar of roses fifty drops, oil of rosemary twenty-five drops; mix, and color it with alkanet root.
        The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) / Cooking, Toilet and Household R...
        4
        Put into a wide-mouthed bottle four ounces of the best olive oil, with one ounce of the small parts of alkanet root.
        Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
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