crocein
noun
any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.
croceine
-
a variation of
crocein.
Example Sentences
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The eosines and erythrosines, water blues, soluble blues, croceine scarlets, cloth scarlets, and a few other dyes of the azo and acid series are used according to this method.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
Then there are some members of the azo dyes, particularly the croceine scarlets, which can also be dyed on the cotton by the aid of tin, lead or alum mordants.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
