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Webster 1913 Edition


mauveine

mauve′ïne

,
Noun.
(Chem.)
An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms.
[Written also
mauvine
.]

Definition 2024


mauveine

mauveine

See also: mauvéine

English

Noun

mauveine (plural mauveines)

  1. A purple dye, the first synthetic organic dye created.

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