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chrysoidine

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chry⋅so⋅i⋅dine

[kri-soh-i-din, -deen]
–noun Chemistry.
a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C12H13N4Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.

Origin:
1875–80; < Gk chrȳsoeid(s) like gold (chrȳs- chrys- + -oeidēs -oid ) + -ine 2
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