Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a family of dyes based on phenazine, used in the textile industry and as a biological stain.

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

  • noun rare An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.
  • noun A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.
  • noun An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.

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  • noun A biological stain used in histology and cytology.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French safran, saffron (from Old French; see saffron) + –in.]

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Examples

  • To visualize xylem strands, tissues were stained for 5 min with safranin-O (1% w/v in 95% ethanol) and dipped momentarily into 95% ethanol to wash out excess stain, before mounting in 25% (w/v) chloral hydrate.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Margaret Pullen et al. 2010

  • Stained tissue culture cells and thin sections were labeled with either fluorescent dyes or common histology stains such as eosin, fast green, and safranin.

    unknown title 2009

  • Stained tissue culture cells and thin sections were labeled with either fluorescent dyes or common histology stains such as eosin, fast green, and safranin.

    unknown title 2009

  • Stained tissue culture cells and thin sections were labeled with either fluorescent dyes or common histology stains such as eosin, fast green, and safranin.

    unknown title 2009

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