Definitions
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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01“Red dye compound”8 letters
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