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Etymology

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Borrowed from French garance,[1][2] from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wratja, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (red dye).

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Noun

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garança f (plural garanças)

  1. madder (Rubia tinctorum, a herbaceous plant)
    Synonyms: ruiva-dos-tintureiros, ruiva
  2. alizarin; madder (red dye extracted from madder root)
    Synonym: alizarina

References

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  1. ^ garança”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ garança”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024