Canadian French Meaning of safranin

safranine

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Definitions and Meaning of safranin in English

Wordnet

safranin (n)

any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

Webster

safranin (n.)

An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.

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.

An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.

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safranine

any of a class of chiefly red organic dyesAn orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron., A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in

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saffrony => safrané, saffron crocus => safran, saffron => safran, saffranine => safranine, safflower seed => graine de carthame,