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Definition of Carmine

1. Adjective. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

2. Verb. Color carmine.

3. Noun. A variable color averaging a vivid red.

Definition of Carmine

1. n. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

Definition of Carmine

1. Noun. A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives ¹

2. Noun. A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment. ¹

3. Adjective. of the purplish red colour shade carmine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carmine

1. a vivid red color [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carmine

1. Colouring matter from the insect coccus cacti l. It is used in foods, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, etc., as a dye, and also has use as a microscopic stain and biological marker. Pharmacological action: dyes, food colouring agents. Chemical name: 2-Anthracenecarboxylic acid, 7-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9,10-dihydro-3,5,6,8-tetrahydroxy-1-methyl-9,10-dioxo- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carmine

carmaking carmalum carman carman meniscus sign carmelize carmelized carmelizes carmelizing carmen carmen figuratum

carmichaelite carminate carminated carminative carminatives carmine (current term) carmined carmines carminic carminic acid

carminite carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase carminophil carmofur carmoisine carmot carmovirus carmustine carn carnage

Literary usage of Carmine

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

1. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1900)
"To a saturated solution of picric acid add carmine (dissolved in ammonia) to saturation. Evaporate down to one fifth the original volume in a drying oven ..."

2. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Booles Lee (1893)
"Picro-carmine. — Picro-carmine is a double stain, if care be taken not to wash out the picrin beyond the point desired. 238. Borax-carmine and Picro-carmine ..."

3. Italy by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1877)
"Maria del carmine. men, with their Phrygian caps and their sunburnt and ... About 10 min. walk beyond the Porto Piccolo we reach the V'irai del carmine (PI. ..."

4. Elementary Microscopical Technology: A Manual for Students of Microscopy. In by Frank Lowber James (1887)
"Among the best of the carmine fluids are the following, viz. ... Hub the carmine into a paste with a small portion of the distilled water, being careful to ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The method of carmine-marking is, however, very useful in connection with metabolic ... Instead of carmine, charcoal may be used. Reference Stratus (H.). ..."

6. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"At the moment of ebullition, the carmine is perceived to rise up to the surface of the ... If the operation has been well conducted, the carmine, when dry, ..."

7. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"Acetic Acid carmine.^—Pulverized carmine added to a small quantity of boiling ... heated till the carmine is dissolved. b. Acetic acid added by drops to ..."

8. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Fis. rose-carmine, purple-carmine in bud, with yellow spot in throat. ... Fis. carmine-pink, carmine in bud, orange to crimson in throat. ..."

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