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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellow crystalline substance, or,
β -dihydroxyanthracene, made by fusing the corresponding anthracene-disulphonic acid with caustic potash. The solutions in alkalis have a strong blue fluorescence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.
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- noun chemistry A
phenol derivative ofanthracene which onoxidation produces a reddyestuff related toanthraquinone .
Etymologies
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Latin rufus reddish + -ol.
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