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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A white crystalline substance (C20H21N3) forming colorless salts, prepared by treating fuchsine salts with zinc-dust and hydrochloric acid. It yields rosaniline by oxidation.

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

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts.

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  • noun organic chemistry A colourless crystalline organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources.

Etymologies

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leuco- +‎ aniline

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