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auramine

American

[awr-uh-meen, -min] / ˈɔr əˌmin, -mɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.

1880–85; < Latin aur ( um ) gold + amine

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