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Tropaeolin

Tro-pae′o-lin

,
Noun.
(Chem.)
A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; – so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (
Tropaeolum
).

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tropaeolin

tropaeolin

See also: tropæolin

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Noun

tropaeolin (countable and uncountable, plural tropaeolins)

  1. Any of several orange dyes of very complex composition: tropaeolin O (acid orange 6, chrysoine resorcinol), tropaeolin OO (acid orange 5), or tropaeolin OOO (acid orange 7).