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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coal-tar color related to anthracene made by fusing beta-amino-anthraquinone with caustic potash. It dyes cotton and other vegetable fibers in a hyposulphite reduction-vat and gives very fast blues. When combined with flavanthrene it gives one of the fastest greens known.
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- noun organic chemistry Any of a specific class of
anthraquinone vat dyes
Etymologies
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From indigo + anthraquinone
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