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Webster 1913 Edition
Safranin
Saf′ra-nin
,Noun.
(Chem.)
(a)
An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.
[R.]
(b)
A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; – called also
Spanish red
, China lake
, and carthamin
. (c)
An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.