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Word entry · 8 letters

alizarin

Best crossword clue

"Red dye compound"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /əˈlɪzəɹɪn/Part of speech nounSorted aaiilnrzStarts with AEnds with N1 clues
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Definitions

  1. an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing

Word origin

Borrowed from French alizarine, corresponding to alizari + -in.

Used in a sentence

  • glass headed pins, oil-golds and copper greens, anthracite blues, alizarins,
  • In 1883, the German output of alizarin, the brilliant red chemical that imitated natural carmine, reached twelve thousand tons, dwarfing the amount being produced by Perkin's factory in London.

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