Alkanna

Translingual

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alkanna, alcanna, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

Proper noun

Alkanna f

1. 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