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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A direct cotton coal-tar color of the diazo type, derived from benzidine and containing a salicylic-acid group. It dyes unmordanted cotton orange from an alkaline salt bath.
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On wool, we have about half a dozen of medium fastness, viz., benzo-orange, Congo orange R, chrysophenin G, chrysamin R, brilliant yellow.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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