orcanet
(ˈɔːkənɪt)
Forms: 6–7 orchanet, 7–8 orcanet, 8 orkanet, 8–9 orcanette.
[a. OF. orcanette, altered from arcanette, dim. of arcanne (Cotgr.), for OF. alcanne (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med.L. alkanna, whence the parallel form alkanet.]
The plant Alkanna tinctoria, or the dye obtained from it: = alkanet.
| 1548 Turner Names Herbes, Anchusa..may be named in englishe wilde Buglos or orchanet, as the french men do. 1567 [see alkanet 2]. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 381 But those that haue the root of Orcanet in them, need no salt. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 48 We have brought to us often⁓times, from the Levant, a kind of Orcanette. 1736 Bailey Househ. Dict. 446 Orkanet. 1861 Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 50 The Common Alkanet, or Orcanette, used by druggists. |