“alizarine”

The following 9 entries include the term alizarine.

alizarine blue

noun, often capitalized A&B

: any of various blue acid, mordant, and solvent dyes most of which are derived from anthraquinone

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alizarine brown

noun, often capitalized A&B

: anthragallol

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alizarine carmine

noun, often capitalized A&C

: alizarine red sense b

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alizarine cyanine green

noun, often capitalized A&C&G

: an acid anthraquinone dye derived from quinizarin that dyes wool and mordanted silk yellowish green to bluish green

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alizarine lake

noun, often capitalized A&L

: a red anthraquinone organic pigment made from alizarin

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alizarine red

noun, often capitalized A&R

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alizarine S

noun, often capitalized A

: alizarine red sense b

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alizarine saphirol

noun, often capitalized A&S

: either of two blue acid anthraquinone dyes

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alizarine yellow

noun, often capitalized A&Y

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