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colorine

colorine noun: a dry, alcoholic extract of madder, consisting essentially of alizarin.

Noun

colorine (usually uncountable, plural colorines)

  1. (usually) A dry, alcoholic extract of madder, consisting essentially of alizarin.

Forms of colorine

pluralcolorines

Origin of colorine

From color + -ine.

Questions about colorine

What does colorine mean?
Colorine means a dry, alcoholic extract of madder, consisting essentially of alizarin.
What part of speech is colorine?
Colorine is a noun.
What is the plural of colorine?
The plural of colorine is colorines.

Words near colorine in the dictionary

  1. colorimetrics
  2. colorimetries
  3. colorimetrist
  4. colorimetrists
  5. colorimetry
  6. colorine
  7. colorines
  8. coloring
  9. coloring book
  10. coloring books
  11. coloring by number

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