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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A blue precipitate obtained by treating aniline with sulphuric acid and peroxid of lead: same as mauve.

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

  • noun A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola).
  • noun Mauve aniline. See under mauve.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete, medicine An emetocathartic alkaloid, of uncertain composition, obtained from violets

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