Alkanna
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Translingual
Etymology
From Medieval Latin alkanna, alcanna, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).
Proper noun
Alkanna f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – certain alkanets.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae - family; Boraginoideae - subfamily; Lithospermeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Alkanna tinctoria - type species; for other species see Alkanna at The Plant List.
References
Alkanna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alkanna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alkanna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alkanna at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Alkanna at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Alkanna at Tropicos
- Alkanna at The Plant List
