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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Fuchsine

· Fuch·sine · IPA /ˈfjuksɪn/
01 n. Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a…
  1. 1.
    Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline.(Chem.) See: Rosaniline