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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.