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alizari

alizari noun: the madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina).

Noun

alizari (countable and uncountable, plural alizaris)

  1. (archaic) The madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina).
    • the able Holland merchants dispersed it in all the markets of Europe , after they had mixed it with the alizaris of Levant1849, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture

Forms of alizari

pluralalizaris

Origin of alizari

From French alizari (“madder root (commercial name)”), from Greek αλιζάρι (alizári, “madder”), from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری (ala cehri).

Words formed from alizari

Questions about alizari

What does alizari mean?
Alizari means the madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina).
What part of speech is alizari?
Alizari is a noun.
What is the plural of alizari?
The plural of alizari is alizaris.

Words near alizari in the dictionary

  1. aliz
  2. Aliza
  3. Alizadeh
  4. Alizadehs
  5. alizapride
  6. alizari
  7. alizaric
  8. alizarin
  9. alizarin crimson
  10. alizarin crimsons
  11. alizarin red

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