English Explanatory Dictionary

alcian blue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of basic copper-containing phthalocyanine dyes that are used to stain mucopolysaccharides.

Word forms

alcian blue alcian blues

Etymology

Thought to derive from halcyon.

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