'paeonin' definitions:
Definition of 'paeonin'
From: GCIDE
- Corallin \Cor"al*lin\, n. [So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. [1913 Webster]
- Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also p[ae]onin.
- Yellow corallin. See Aurin. [1913 Webster]