Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

alkannin

American  
[al-kan-in] / ælˈkæn ɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a dark red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, C 16 H 16 O 5 , obtained from the root of the alkanet: used chiefly for coloring fats, oils, and pharmaceuticals.

Etymology

Origin of alkannin

< New Latin alkann ( a ) < Medieval Latin alchanna ( alkanet ) + -in 2

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.