Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A coal-tar color used in dyeing. It is the ammonia salt of dimethyl-aniline-azobenzene-sulphonic acid. It produces a fiery orange on silk and wool. Also called gold orange.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.

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  • noun methyl orange

Etymologies

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Probably Latin helianthes, "sunflower", alluding to its colour.

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