alkanet meaning in Hindi

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Powdered and mixed with oil, the alkanet root is used as a wood stain.
Green Alkanet is an introduced species in the British Isles, meaning it is not native.
Both sexes visit green alkanet, devil's-bit scabious, and thistle flowers.
In English in the late medieval era, the name alkanet meant " Alkanna tinctoria ".
In Australia alkanet is approved for use as a food colouring, but in the European Union it is not.
In alkali environments the alkanet dye has a blue color, with the color changing again to crimson on addition of an acid.
In the centuries since then, the name has come to be used informally for some botanically related other plants; see Alkanet.
The Wikipedia article says " The word " alkanet " derives from Middle English, from Old Spanish alcaneta, diminutive of alcana . . . . ".
Alkanet is traditionally used in Indian food under the name " Ratan Jot ", and lends its red colour to some versions of the curry dish Rogan Josh.
Hence, it can be used to do alkali-acid litmus tests ( but the usual litmus test paper does not use alkanet as the agent and its color change is closer to pH 7 ).

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perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
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