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Webster 1913 Edition


Fuchsine

Fuch′sine

,
Noun.
[Named by the French inventor, from
Fuchs
a fox, the German equivalent of his own name,
Renard
.]
(Chem.)
Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See
Rosaniline
.

Definition 2024


fuchsine

fuchsine

English

Noun

fuchsine (countable and uncountable, plural fuchsines)

  1. A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.