Alizarin Definition

ə-lĭzər-ĭn
noun
An orange-red crystalline compound, C14 H8 O4 , used as an acid-base indicator and in making dyes.
American Heritage
A reddish-yellow crystalline compound, C6H4(CO)2C6H2(OH)2, produced by oxidizing anthracene and used in dyeing wool, cotton, and silk and in the manufacture of dyestuffs: it was originally made from madder.
Webster's New World

A type of red or crimson dye.

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Noun

Singular:
alizarin
Plural:
alizarins

Origin of Alizarin

  • French alizarine from alizari madder root from Spanish probably from Arabic al-‘uṭāra the juice al- the ‘uṭāra juice (from ‘aṭara to squeeze ʕṭr in Semitic roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Arabic العصارة (al-ʕuṣāra, “juice”).

    From Wiktionary

Alizarin Sentence Examples

  • Various sulphonic acids of anthraquinone are known, as well as oxy-derivatives, for the preparation and properties of which see Alizarin.

  • Perkin also had a large share in the introduction of artificial alizarin, the red dye of the madder root.

  • Numerous derivatives of alizarin are known.

  • Caustic soda is used in very large quantities in the manufacture of soap, paper, textile fabrics, alizarin and other colouring matters, and for many other purposes.

  • Alizarin was known to the ancients, and until 1868 was obtained entirely from madder root.

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