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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The essential constituent of purree or Indian yellow, which is used as a pigment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also
puri ,purree , andIndian yellow .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Indian yellow ormagnesium euxanthate , a transparent yellowpigment used inoil paint .
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