Definition of Brazilin

1. n. A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is colored intensely red by alkalies.

Definition of Brazilin

1. Noun. A red pigment obtained from brazilwood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brazilin

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Brazilin

1. A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white when pure. It is coloured intensely red by alkalies. Alternative forms: brezilin. Origin: Cf. F. Bresiline. See Brazil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brazilin

brazes
brazier
brazierlike
braziers
brazil
brazil-nut tree
brazil nut
brazil wood
brazilein
brazileins
braziletto
brazilettoes
brazilettos
brazilian ironwood
brazilianite
brazilin (current term)
brazilins
brazils
brazilwood
brazilwoods
brazing
breach
breach of contract
breach of duty
breach of promise
breach of the covenant of warranty
breach of the peace
breach of trust
breach of trust with fraudulent intent
breach of warranty

Literary usage of Brazilin

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

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"To prepare brazilin from the wood itself, it is best to employ the ... This method is, however, tedious, and the usual source of brazilin consists of the ..."

2. Chemistry of the Organic Dye-stuffs by Rudolf Nietzki (1892)
"brazilin often separates from the commercial extract of the dye- wood in form of crystalline crusts [9], and these are the best material for a pure ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"To prepare brazilin from the wood itself, it is best to employ the ... This method is, however, tedious, and the usual source of brazilin consists of the ..."

4. Indicators and Test-papers by Alfred Isaac Cohn (1899)
"brazilin PAPER ALKALIES — Blue ACIDS = Yellow Synonyms: Pernambuco Paper; ... Application : brazilin paper is very sensitive to acids, and may be used in ..."

5. Indicators and Test-papers: Their Source, Preparation, Application, and by Alfred Isaac Cohn (1902)
"brazilin PAPER ALKALIES = Blue ACIDS = Yellow Synonyms: Pernambuco Paper; ... Application: brazilin paper is very sensitive to acids, and may be used in ..."

6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1900)
"The crust obtained in the manufacture of brazil-wood extract contains much brazilin and its lime-compound. If treated with dilute hydrochloric acid, ..."

7. Physiological histology, methods and theory by Gustav Mann (1902)
"brazilin was found to stain, generally speaking, much more slowly than haematoxylin. Paul Mayer, in 1901 *, states that after varied experiments during ..."

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