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Webster 1913 Edition

(-tŏks′ĭ-lĭn)

Noun.

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(Chem.)

The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance,

C16H14O6

, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also

hematin

See also: hæmatoxylin

haematoxylin ‎(countable and uncountable, plural haematoxylins)