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carmines

carmines is the plural of carmine.

Meaning of carmine

Noun

carmine (countable and uncountable, plural carmines)

  1. A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
    • Cases of cubana salmonellosis in three other states were traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. […] But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to...1967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967, https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101257/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843172,00.html
  2. A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
    • He wore a great coat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine.1854, Henry David Thoreau, chapter XIV, in Walden, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, published 1910, page 347

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Proper noun capitalized: Carmines

Carmines

  1. (plural) plural of Carmine

Questions about carmines

What is carmines the plural of?
Carmines is the plural of carmine.
What part of speech is carmines?
Carmines is a proper noun.

Words near carmines in the dictionary

  1. carminatives
  2. carmine
  3. carmine red
  4. carmine reds
  5. carmined
  6. carmines
  7. carminic
  8. carminic acid
  9. carminite
  10. carminoma
  11. carminomycin

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