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/əˈlɪzəɹɪn/ · noun
(organic chemistry) A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye..
glass headed pins, oil-golds and copper greens, anthracite blues, alizarins,
In 1883, the German output of alizarin, the brilliant red chemical that imitated natural carmine, reached twelve thousand tons, dwarfing the amount being produced by Perkin's factory in London.
Use alizarin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alizarin means (organic chemistry) A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye..
Common synonyms include alizarine.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
glass headed pins, oil-golds and copper greens, anthracite blues, alizarins,
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