tropaeolin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several orange dyes of very complex composition: tropaeolin O (acid orange 6, chrysoine resorcinol), tropaeolin OO (acid orange 5), or tropaeolin OOO (acid orange 7).

Word forms

tropaeolin tropaeolins tropeolin tropæolin

Etymology

From Tropaeolum + -in.

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