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xanthene dyes

xanthene dyes is the plural of xanthene dye.

Meaning of xanthene dye

Noun

xanthene dye (plural xanthene dyes)

  1. Any of a group of brilliant fluorescent yellow to pink to bluish red dyes characterized by the presence of the xanthene nucleus, known sometimes in colorless as well as colored forms, and used chiefly in dyeing textile fibers, in coloring paper, in producing fluorescent effects, and as organic pigments.

Questions about xanthene dyes

What is xanthene dyes the plural of?
Xanthene dyes is the plural of xanthene dye.

Words near xanthene dyes in the dictionary

  1. xanthelasmoidea
  2. xanthematin
  3. xanthemia
  4. xanthene
  5. xanthene dye
  6. xanthene dyes
  7. xanthenes
  8. xanthenic
  9. xanthenone
  10. xanthenyl
  11. Xanthi

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