Definition of alcanna in English:

alcanna

(also alkanna)

noun alˈkanə

rare

Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other extract) itself. Occasionally also: any of various other plants of the genus Alkanna. Compare "alkanet", 2. Now historical.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin alcanna henna, alkanet, in scientific Latin also (in form Alkanna) as genus name of the alkanet from colloquial Arabic al-ḥanna from al the + ḥanna, colloquial variant of literary Arabic ḥinnā').

Definition of alcanna in US English:

alcanna

(also alkanna)

nounalˈkanə

rare

Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other extract) itself. Occasionally also: any of various other plants of the genus Alkanna. Compare "alkanet", 2. Now historical.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin alcanna henna, alkanet, in scientific Latin also (in form Alkanna) as genus name of the alkanet from colloquial Arabic al-ḥanna from al the + ḥanna, colloquial variant of literary Arabic ḥinnā').

单词	alcanna
释义	Definition of alcanna in English: alcanna (also alkanna) noun alˈkanə rare Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other extract) itself. Occasionally also: any of various other plants of the genus Alkanna. Compare "alkanet", 2. Now historical. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin alcanna henna, alkanet, in scientific Latin also (in form Alkanna) as genus name of the alkanet from colloquial Arabic al-ḥanna from al the + ḥanna, colloquial variant of literary Arabic ḥinnā'). Definition of alcanna in US English: alcanna (also alkanna) nounalˈkanə rare Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other extract) itself. Occasionally also: any of various other plants of the genus Alkanna. Compare "alkanet", 2. Now historical. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From post-classical Latin alcanna henna, alkanet, in scientific Latin also (in form Alkanna) as genus name of the alkanet from colloquial Arabic al-ḥanna from al the + ḥanna, colloquial variant of literary Arabic ḥinnā').
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