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Webster 1913 Edition
magenta
ma-gen′ta
(mȧ-jĕn′tȧ)
, Noun.
(Chem.)
An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; – so called from
Magenta
, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsin
, fuchsine
, roseine
, etc.