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  • are high in anthocyanins. This has led to them being very useful as natural dyes and, since anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants, to a great deal of interest...
    4 KB (409 words) - 17:59, 5 January 2010
  • The name alkanet generally refers to Alkanna tinctoria or Dyer's Bugloss (though it may be used for Anchusa officinalis or Common Bugloss). It is a member...
    2 KB (161 words) - 02:31, 16 November 2010
  • Describe the plant here... photo 1 photo 2 photo 3 Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 w:Rubia tinctorum. Some of...
    1 KB (62 words) - 11:18, 30 December 2009
  • popular flower has several common names : Golden Marguerite, Marguerite Daisy, Dyer's Chamomile, Ox-eye Chamomile, Boston Daisies, Paris Daisies. It is a short-lived...
    2 KB (164 words) - 17:31, 19 January 2010
  • aggregate of the ovaries, or berries, in the head. — -Some of the species yield dyes. The frs. of some of them are edible. One species, M. Roioc, Linn., is native...
    2 KB (56 words) - 23:45, 8 January 2010
  • under the name of vegetable hair. Billbergia tinctoria is the source of a dye. The leaves of pineapple yield a beautiful fiber. Bromelia Pinguin is a vermifuge...
    4 KB (69 words) - 01:13, 5 May 2009
  • tinctoria, Linn. (G. sibirica, Hort. G. polygalaefolia, Hort., not DC.). Dyer's Greenweed. Fig.1624. Erect shrub, to 3 ft., with stripod, glabrous or slightly...
    4 KB (115 words) - 07:05, 4 September 2009
  • Dye (category Dyes) (section Organic dyes)
    Phthalocyanine dyes, derivates of phthalocyanine Quinone-imine dyes, derivates of quinone Category:Azin dyes Category:Eurhodin dyes Category:Safranin dyes, derivates...
    9 KB (1,228 words) - 12:35, 17 September 2007
  • as far south as Brazil and S. Afr. Several species yield yellow or green dyes and the frs. and bark of some are used medicinally. The wood of R. Frangula...
    9 KB (82 words) - 22:44, 13 December 2009
  • hair-wash from A. concinna; several are used as forage plants, others for dyes, and still others for fiber. Many of them have scented wood, others make...
    16 KB (678 words) - 18:01, 23 August 2015
  • Ilex glabra, also known as Appalachian Tea, Dye-leaves, Evergreen Winterberry, Gallberry, Inkberry, is a species of holly native to the Eastern and the...
    2 KB (122 words) - 20:18, 18 March 2010
  • (for instance Derris) or yield important substances like gum arabic, tannin, dyes, or resins. Some plants of this family are important pests. For example,...
    5 KB (606 words) - 15:19, 3 May 2009
  • Safflower (category Natural dyes)
    flavouring foods and making red (carthamin) and yellow dyes, especially before cheaper aniline dyes became available, and in medicines. For the last fifty...
    5 KB (602 words) - 05:15, 9 November 2007
  • Tormentil (category Natural dyes)
    (to stop bleedings or against diarrhea), for food in times of need and to dye leather red. There are 2-8 dry, inedible fruits. Common Tormentil (on Faroese...
    2 KB (234 words) - 11:20, 24 October 2007
  • concerns over artificial food additives have renewed the popularity of cochineal dyes, and the increased demand is making cultivation of the insect an attractive...
    25 KB (2,725 words) - 16:03, 27 October 2007
  • (cyprus of the ancients), a yellow dye which is used in Egypt and elsewhere by women to color their nails, and by men to dye their beards, and for other similar...
    4 KB (115 words) - 04:07, 12 July 2009
  • a crimson juice of a very distinct hue, but it has never been fixed for dyeing purposes. Children sometimes make red ink from the berries for amusement...
    5 KB (115 words) - 04:36, 14 September 2009
  • Turmeric (category Natural dyes) (section Dye)
    cosmetics formulations. Turmeric makes a poor fabric dye as it is not very lightfast (the degree to which a dye resists fading due to light exposure). Turmeric...
    12 KB (1,390 words) - 05:41, 25 September 2007
  • northern Africa yields a scarlet dye. Galls caused by the puncture of certain insects are used for tanning and dyeing and are now chiefly obtained from...
    35 KB (744 words) - 12:13, 20 February 2010
  • tea made from the leaves as a stomach remedy, the leaves and berries for dyes, and the very hard, close-grained wood for various purposes. Toyon can be...
    4 KB (526 words) - 16:41, 26 October 2007
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