<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a European plant, <em>Alkanna tinctoria</em>, of the borage family.</li><li>the root of this plant, yielding a red dye.</li><li>the dye itself.</li><li>any of several similar hairy plants, as the bugloss, <em>Anchusa officinalis</em>, or a puccoon of the genus <em>Lithospermum</em>.</li></ul>