garança
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French garance, from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wratja, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”).
Noun
garança f (plural garanças)
- madder (Rubia tinctorum, a herbaceous plant)
- Synonyms: ruiva-dos-tintureiros, ruiva
- alizarin; madder (red dye extracted from madder root)
- Synonym: alizarina
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