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French
Etymology
From orcanet (“bugloss”) + -ette (a feminizing suffix), an orthographic variant of the Old French arquenet (m), the diminutive form of Old French arquin (m), alcanne (“antimony”). Compare the Spanish alcana.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɔʁ.ka.nɛt/
Noun
orcanette f (plural orcanettes)
- bugloss, alkanet
1924, Marcel Hégelbacher, La Parfumerie et la Savonnerie, page 131:La coloration des crayons était autrefois presque uniquement obtenue avec le racine d’orcanette restant, au bain-marie, en contact avec la matière grasse.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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