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alizarine

alizarine is the alternative spelling of alizarin.

Meaning of alizarin

Noun

alizarin (countable and uncountable, plural alizarins)

  1. A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye.
    • glass headed pins,
      oil-golds and copper greens,
      anthracite blues, alizarins,1946, Elizabeth Bishop, “Roosters”, in North and South

Forms of alizarine

pluralalizarines

Questions about alizarine

What is alizarine the alternative spelling of?
Alizarine is the alternative spelling of alizarin.

Words near alizarine in the dictionary

  1. alizaric
  2. alizarin
  3. alizarin crimson
  4. alizarin crimsons
  5. alizarin red
  6. alizarine
  7. alizarines
  8. alizarins
  9. Alizay
  10. Alize
  11. Alizé

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