Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A direct coal-tar color. It dyes unmordanted cotton red in a salt bath.
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- noun medicine, dated An
astringent obtained from theroot of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill. - noun organic chemistry A
liquid terpene obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), with amulberry odour.
Etymologies
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geranium + -ine?
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