alizarin
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- noun
- /əˈlɪzərɪn/
- Specialized
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alizarina
- Your skirt is cotton, dark red—alizarin crimson mixed with black; your shirt is white, the same cut and size as mine, though you Wr.tr
- alizarin crimson
- alizarin red
- alizarin crimson, cadmium
Examples
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The boiled penis was transferred to a plastic tube containing 5% KOH and a pinch of alizarin red powder.
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This is Alizarin Crimson, but it's not quite red red.
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This is Alizarin Crimson, but it's not quite red red.
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We then moved inside and repainted a wall in the meeting hall with a lovely alizarin.
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Artists often use alizarin crimson to achieve rich red hues in their paintings.
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The fabric was dyed with alizarin to create a vibrant red color that stands out.
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When mixing paints, the addition of alizarin can enhance the vibrancy of reds and oranges.
Synonyms
A bright orange-red solid used to make red paint and dye cloth
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alizarin comes from the old name for the red dye made from the madder plant and came into European languages with the Arabic article al- (meaning 'the'), so the word kept the 'al-' at its front. That's why alizarin today means the orange-red dye or chemical used to make lasting reds.