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Alkanet is a plant, Alkanna or Anchusa tinctoria, of the order Boraginaceae, also known as orchanet, dyer's bugloss, Spanish bugloss or bugloss of Languedoc. Its name is from Spanish alcana, from Arabic al-hena, for henna, Lawsonia inermis.

Alkanet is grown in the south of France and on the shores of the Levant. Its root yields a fine red colouring matter which has been used as a cloth dye and to tint tinctures, oils, wines, varnishes, etc. It is commonly used today as a food colouring.

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+'''Alkanet''' is a plant, Alkanna or ''Anchusa tinctoria'', of the order [[Boraginaceae]], also known as orchanet, dyer's [[bugloss]], Spanish bugloss or bugloss of Languedoc.
-<b>ALKANET</b> (dim. from Spanish <i>alcana</i>, Arabic <i>al-hena</i> = henna,
+Its name is from Spanish ''alcana'', from Arabic ''al-hena'', for [[henna]], ''Lawsonia inermis''.
-Egyptian privet, or <i>Lawsonia inermis</i>), a plant, Alkanna or
-<i>Anchusa tinctoria</i>, of the order [[Boraginaceae]], also known as
+Alkanet is grown in the south of [[France]] and on the shores of the
-orchanet, dyer's bugloss, Spanish bugloss or bugloss of Languedoc,
+[[Levant]].
-which is grown in the south of France and on the shores of the
-Levant.  Its root yields a fine red colouring matter which
+Its root yields a fine red colouring matter which has been used as a cloth [[dye]] and to tint [[tincture]]s, [[oil]]s, [[wine]]s, [[varnish]]es, etc.
-has been used as a cloth dye and to tint tinctures, oils, wines, varnishes, &c.; it is commonly used today as a [[food additive|food colouring]].
+It is commonly used today as a [[food additive|food colouring]].