Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coal-tar color used in dyeing, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of amido-azotoluene and toluidine. It gives yellowish-red shades on wool, silk, and cotton, and is fairly fast to light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of a
class ofred toblue azine dyes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes
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Examples
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In commerce three brands of aniline are distinguished -- aniline oil for blue, which is pure aniline; aniline oil for red, a mixture of equimolecular quantities of aniline and ortho - and para-toluidines; and aniline oil for safranine, which contains aniline and ortho-toluidine, and is obtained from the distillate (_échappés_) of the fuchsine fusion.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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The most useful are hæmatoxylin, carmine, and various aniline colors, among which may be mentioned, besides gentian violet, safranine, Bismarck brown, methyl violet.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Rational Review 2009
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