garança

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French garance,[1][2] from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wratja, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

garança f (plural garanças)

  1. madder (Rubia tinctorum, a herbaceous plant)
    Synonyms: ruiva-dos-tintureiros, ruiva
  2. alizarin; madder (red dye extracted from madder root)
    Synonym: alizarina

References

  1. ^ “garança”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “garança”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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