Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fatty, green crystalline compound, said to occur in certain specimens of pathological bile.
  • noun A substance, possibly a chromogen, found in flowers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.
  • noun A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.
  • noun A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun carbon disulphide
  • noun A substance reddened by acids, supposed to be contained in flowers.
  • noun A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthros, "red") +‎ -gen.

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