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phenicine

phenicine noun: a purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.

Noun

phenicine (uncountable)

  1. A purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.
  2. A colouring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric acid and sulphuric acid on phenylic alcohol.

Origin of phenicine

Ancient Greek purple red: compare French phénicine.

Questions about phenicine

What does phenicine mean?
Phenicine means a purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water.
What part of speech is phenicine?
Phenicine is a noun.

Words near phenicine in the dictionary

  1. phenicarbazide
  2. pheniceous
  3. Phenicia
  4. Phenician
  5. Phenicians
  6. phenicine
  7. phenicol
  8. phenicols
  9. phenicopter
  10. phenicopters
  11. phenindamine

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