alizarin

Noun

Meaning

A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

alizarine color dye paint pigment alizarin crimson alizarin red alizarin carmine

Hypernyms

pigment

Hyponyms

alizarin crimson alizarin red alizarin carmine

Examples

He injected the dyes alizarin blue and indophenol blue into laboratory animals and established after their death that various organs had been colored to different degrees. Source: Internet

In organs with high oxygen saturation, indophenol was retained; in organs with medium saturation, indophenol was reduced, but not alizarin blue. Source: Internet

The roots of this plant have been used since ancient times to extract alizarin and purpurin, two red dyes used for coloring clothes. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

alizapride alizari alizaric alizarin carmine alizarin crimson alizarin red