alizari

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noun

The madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina).

OriginFrench alizari ← Greek αλιζάρι ← Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری →
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Meanings

nounalizari (countable and uncountable, plural alizaris)

plural alizaris

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe 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 Levant

    1849, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkishآلاجهری
  2. Greekαλιζάρι“madder”
  3. Frenchalizari“madder root (commercial name)”
  4. Englishalizari

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

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alizari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alizari

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“alizari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alizari. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alizari,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alizari.

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