carthamin

English

Etymology

Carthamus (“genus of safflower”) +‎ -in

Noun

carthamin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A red colouring matter obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for carthamin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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