Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A direct coal-tar color. It dyes unmordanted cotton red in a salt bath.

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  • noun medicine, dated An astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.
  • noun organic chemistry A liquid terpene obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), with a mulberry odour.

Etymologies

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geranium +‎ -ine?

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