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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The product obtained by treating pulverized madder, previously exhausted with water, with concentrated sulphuric acid at 100° C. (212° F.), and again washing with water.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A pigment extracted from madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.

Etymologies

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French garance madder, Latin garantia.

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