alcanne (s.xiii)
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alcanne (s.xiii)

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[ FEW: 19,71a hinna'; Gdf: 1,212c alcanne; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  alcane; DMF:  alcanne; TLF: ∅; OED:  alcanna n.; MED:  alkanne(t); DMLBS: 59a alcanna ]
 
Arabic; Latin

s.

1bot.med.alkanet, the plant Alkanna tinctoria or a red dye produced from it: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  El terce jur lavez od eve u alcanne et mente et sauge sunt bien quit enz  100
alkenet 
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