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Anchusin

[ang-kyoo-sin]

noun

a red coloring matter obtained from the root of the alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria.

Origin:
1860–65; < Neo-Latin Anchus(a) anchusa + -in²

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anchusin (æŋˈkjuːsɪn)

—n
	another name for alkanet

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