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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Haematoxylin

/(-tŏks"ĭ*lĭn)/ · Haem·a·tox·y·lin · IPA
01 n. The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also …
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    The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.(Chem.) Also: hematin