Definition of Alizarin carmine

1. Noun. Any of various acid dyes; used for dyeing wool scarlet red.

Exact synonyms: Alizarin Crimson, Alizarin Red
Generic synonyms: Alizarin, Alizarine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alizarin Carmine

alive
alive(p)
alive and kicking
aliveness
alivenesses
aliya
aliyah
aliyahs
aliyas
aliyos
aliyot
aliyoth
alizapride
alizari
alizarin
alizarin carmine (current term)
alizarin crimson
alizarin cyanin
alizarin indicator
alizarin purpurin
alizarin red
alizarin red S
alizarin yellow
alizarine
alizarine red
alizarines
alizarins
alizaris
aljamiado
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Literary usage of Alizarin carmine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley, W. North (1892)
"Alizarin-carmine ¡sa sulphonic acid of alizarin prepared by heating 1 part alizarin with 3 parts concentrated sulphuric acid (containing 20% anhydride) to ..."

2. The Chemistry of the Coal-tar Colours by Rudolf Benedikt (1889)
"Alizarin-carmine. Alizarin S or W S. The preparation of an alizarin sulphonic acid is effected by acting on 1 part of alizarin with 3 parts of concentrated ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"... constitutes the colouring matter known in commerce as alizarin carmine, Alizarin Powder IF, and Alizarin WS or 5. It forms an orange-yellow powder, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... bisulphide of arsenic ; madder lake, alizarin and alumina ; madder carmine, preparation of alizarin ; carmine lake, cochineal red and alumina ; carmine, ..."

5. The Chemistry of Pigments by Ernest John Parry, John Henry Coste (1902)
"Of the varieties of these lakes, the following are best known as commercial pigments: alizarin carmine, scarlet lake ..."

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