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.