Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fatty, green crystalline compound, said to occur in certain specimens of pathological bile.
- noun A substance, possibly a chromogen, found in flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.
- noun A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.
- noun A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
carbon disulphide - noun A substance
reddened byacids , supposed to be contained inflowers . - noun A
crystalline substance obtained fromdiseased bile , which becomes blood-red when acted on bynitric acid orammonia .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthros, "red") + -gen.
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