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  • noun A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.

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  • noun A brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene.

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Originally a trade name.

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