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purpurine
purpurine
English
Noun
purpurine (uncountable)
- Alternative name for uroerythrin
- Alternative spelling of purpurin
Usage notes
- Purpurine is the name given to uroerythrin by Golding Bird in 1834 but is now rarely used. The name given by Franz Simon in 1840, uroerythrin, is the more common.