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SAFRANIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does safranin mean?
• SAFRANIN (noun)
The noun SAFRANIN has 1 sense:
1. any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes
Familiarity information: SAFRANIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
saffranine; safranin; safranine
Hypernyms ("safranin" 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 "safranin"):
pheno-safranine (a purplish red water-soluble dye used in microscopy)
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