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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coloring matter, C15H14O4, obtained as a dark reddish-brown powder from
Alkanna tinctoria .
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- noun A
natural dye andnaphthoquinone derivative obtained from theborage plant Alkanna tinctoria, used as afood colouring and incosmetics .
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Alkanna + -in
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