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azafranillo

azafranillo noun: a Mexican flower (Escobedia scabrifolia) whose roots are the chief source of the orange dye azafrin.

Noun

azafranillo

  1. A Mexican flower (Escobedia scabrifolia) whose roots are the chief source of the orange dye azafrin.
    • When it is treated with bromine in chloroform, only four double bonds of the azafranillo dyestuff are saturated.1951, Harry James Deuel, The Lipids: Their Chemistry and Biochemistry, page 601
    • Azafrin is a naturally occuring orange pigment isolated from azafranillo root (Escobedia scabrifolia).2005, NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers, The Complete book on Natural Dyes & Pigments

Origin of azafranillo

Borrowing from Spanish.

Words formed from azafranillo

Questions about azafranillo

What does azafranillo mean?
Azafranillo means a Mexican flower (Escobedia scabrifolia) whose roots are the chief source of the orange dye azafrin.
What part of speech is azafranillo?
Azafranillo is a noun.

Words near azafranillo in the dictionary

  1. azafenidins
  2. azafluoranthene
  3. azafluoranthenes
  4. azafluorene
  5. azafluorenes
  6. azafranillo
  7. azafrin
  8. azafrinaldehyde
  9. azafullerene
  10. azafullerenes
  11. azaguanine

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