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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Purpurin

· Pur·pu·rin · IPA
01 n. A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.
  1. 1.
    A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.(Chem.)