'alkanet' definitions:
Definition of 'alkanet'
(from WordNet)
noun
Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis]
Definition of 'alkanet'
From: GCIDE
- Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses. [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the {Anchusa officinalis}, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. [1913 Webster]
- Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.
- Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium. [1913 Webster]