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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
.