Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystallizable coloring principle (C16H15O5) obtained form brazil-wood. Also written brasilin, brasiline, breziline.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
red pigment obtained frombrazilwood .
Etymologies
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brazil + -in
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