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tropaeolin

tropaeolin noun: any of several orange dyes of very complex composition: tropaeolin O (acid orange 6, chrysoine resorcinol), tropaeolin OO (acid orange 5), or tropaeolin OOO (acid orange 7).

Noun

tropaeolin (countable and uncountable, plural tropaeolins)

  1. Any of several orange dyes of very complex composition: tropaeolin O (acid orange 6, chrysoine resorcinol), tropaeolin OO (acid orange 5), or tropaeolin OOO (acid orange 7).

Forms of tropaeolin

pluraltropaeolins
alternative formtropeolin
alternative formtropæolin

Origin of tropaeolin

From translingual Tropaeolum + -in.

Questions about tropaeolin

What does tropaeolin mean?
Tropaeolin means any of several orange dyes of very complex composition: tropaeolin O (acid orange 6, chrysoine resorcinol), tropaeolin OO (acid orange 5), or tropaeolin OOO (acid orange 7).
What part of speech is tropaeolin?
Tropaeolin is a noun.
What is the plural of tropaeolin?
The plural of tropaeolin is tropaeolins.

Words near tropaeolin in the dictionary

  1. tropable
  2. tropacaine
  3. tropacocaine
  4. tropaean
  5. tropaeolaceous
  6. tropaeolin
  7. tropaeolins
  8. tropaia
  9. tropaion
  10. tropak
  11. tropaks

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