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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Congo group

· Con·go group · IPA
01 A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azo compounds derived fr…
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    A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azo compounds derived from benzidine or tolidine. Called also benzidine dyes. Also: <col>benzidine dyes</col>