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SAFRANINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does safranine mean?

• SAFRANINE (noun)
The noun SAFRANINE has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

Familiarity information: SAFRANINE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SAFRANINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

saffranine; safranin; safranine

Hypernyms ("safranine" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "safranine"):

pheno-safranine (a purplish red water-soluble dye used in microscopy)

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