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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A brilliant purple-red dye derived from aniline countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino wordnet
3. 3
   The purple-red colour of this dye countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

battlebattle of solferinocolorpigmentplumpurple

Etymology

So called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought at about the time of its discovery.

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