'Roseine' definitions:
Definition of 'roseine'
From: GCIDE
- magenta \ma*gen"ta\ (m[.a]*j[e^]n"t[.a]), n. (Chem.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsin, fuchsine, roseine, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The purplish-red color of magenta. [PJC]