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alizarins

alizarins is the plural 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

Questions about alizarins

What is alizarins the plural of?
Alizarins is the plural of alizarin.

Words near alizarins in the dictionary

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

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