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Forgotten Flora and Their Chromatic Secrets
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  • 1. Genus producing a historic blue dye sacred to ancient peoples
  • 4. Plant family containing pomegranate, whose rind yields tannin-rich dyes
  • 9. Genus name hinting at spoon-like leaves, linked to rare dye plants
  • 11. Plants yielding rich reds through the roots, famously referenced in medieval textiles
  • 13. European relative of indigo, source of a blue pigment banned by royalty
  • 14. Latin root genus name associated with madder dye production
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  • 2. Dyestuff from tropical hardwood producing robust yellow shades, once prominent in Europe
  • 3. Obscure East Asian plant name used for certain traditional dyes
  • 5. Chemical compound isolated from annatto seeds responsible for color
  • 6. Seed-based dye used for yellow-orange shades in food and fabric
  • 7. Crimson pigment yielded not by plants but often paired with botanical dyes
  • 8. Bark of this oak cousin yields bright yellow dye favored in colonial America
  • 10. Genus of turmeric, a root dye pivotal in Asian textile traditions
  • 12. Desert bloom whose petals produce a yellow-orange dye once prized in Asia
  • 15. Tropical heartwood source of purple dye important in Colonial trade routes
  • 16. Resinous substance secreted by insects, often confused yet used with plant dyes
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