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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An acid color of the monoazo-sulphonic-acid type, prepared by combining diazotized orthoanisidine with $aL-naphthol-monosulphonic acid: so called because it dyes wool in an acid bath a color resembling that produced by cochineal.

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