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Webster 1913 Edition
Polychroite
Pol′y-chro-ite
,Noun.
[
Poly-
+ Gr. [GREEK] color: cf. F. polychroïte
.] (Chem.)
The coloring matter of saffron; – formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; – called also
crocin
, and safranin
. Webster 1828 Edition
Polychroite
POL'YCHROITE
,Noun.
The coloring matter of saffron.
Definition 2024
polychroite
polychroite
English
Noun
polychroite (uncountable)
- (chemistry) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
References
- polychroite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913