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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