'Safranin' definitions:
Definition of 'safranin'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes [syn: safranine, safranin, saffranine]
Definition of 'Safranin'
From: GCIDE
- Safranin \Saf"ra*nin\, n. (Chem.) (a) An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [R.] (b) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin. (c) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'safranin'
From: GCIDE
- Polychroite \Pol"y*chro*ite\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? color: cf. F. polychro["i]te.] (Chem.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin. [1913 Webster]