Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A direct cotton coal-tar color of the thiazol type.
- noun A crystallizable substance obtained from the root of the cowslip.
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- noun biochemistry An
anthocyanin , the 3-galactoside ofmalvidin , found in Primula sinensis.
Etymologies
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Primula + -in
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Examples
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Both the root and the flowers contain a volatile oil, and "primulin" which is identical with mannite: whilst the acrid principle is "saponin."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Of the dyes produced directly upon the fiber itself, one may take aniline black and also primulin as a type, the latter a dye somewhat recently introduced by
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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Charged the paper with a bismuth salt and iodide of soda in combination with primulin, congo red or other pigment.
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