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rubiretin

rubiretin noun: one of the red dye products extracted from madder root, probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

Noun

rubiretin (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

Origin of rubiretin

From Latin rubeus (“red”) + Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”).

Questions about rubiretin

What does rubiretin mean?
Rubiretin means one of the red dye products extracted from madder root, probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.
What part of speech is rubiretin?
Rubiretin is a noun.

Words near rubiretin in the dictionary

  1. rubinylation
  2. Rubio
  3. Rubios
  4. rubious
  5. rubipodanin
  6. rubiretin
  7. rubisco
  8. rubiscolin
  9. rubiscolins
  10. rubiscos
  11. rubish

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