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fuchsines

fuchsines is the plural of fuchsine.

Meaning of fuchsine

Noun

fuchsine (countable and uncountable, plural fuchsines)

  1. A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
    • By other experiments a much finer subdivision can be made. A solution of .00000002ᵍ of the red coloring matter, fuchsine, in 1ᶜᶜ of alcohol gives a distinct color.1894, Rufus Phillips Williams, “What Chemistry Is”, in Introduction to Chemical Science, Boston: Ginn & Company, page 4

Questions about fuchsines

What is fuchsines the plural of?
Fuchsines is the plural of fuchsine.

Words near fuchsines in the dictionary

  1. Fuchsian group
  2. Fuchsian groups
  3. fuchsias
  4. fuchsin
  5. fuchsine
  6. fuchsines
  7. fuchsinophil
  8. fuchsinophile
  9. fuchsinophilic
  10. fuchsinophils
  11. fuchsins

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