Definitions for alizarin

alizarin a·liz·a·rin

Spelling: [uh-liz-er-in]
IPA: /əˈlɪz ər ɪn/

Alizarin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in alizarin (aaiilnrz).

Definitions for alizarin

noun

  1. a solid appearing reddish-orange as crystals and brownish-yellow as powder, C 14 H 8 O 4 , one of the earliest known dyes, formerly obtained in its natural state from madder and now derived from anthraquinone: used chiefly in the synthesis of other dyes.

Origin of alizarin

1825-35; French alizarine, equivalent to alizar(i) (Spanish Arabic al the + ʿaṣārah juice) + -ine -ine1

Examples for alizarin

This is filtered off from the alizarin lake, heated to boiling, and acidified with hydrochloric acid.

Wash the alizarin thus separated, dry it81 by simple exposure to air, and purify it by repeated crystallisation out of alcohol.

The anthrapurpurin colours resist soap and light quite as effectively as those produced with alizarin.

Good and durable blues are obtained from indigo and alizarin.

From the alizarin-potassium thus obtained the alizarin is set free by the aid of hydrochloric acid.

In the roots three coloring matters are obtained: alizarin and purpurin, which are both red, and xanthin, which is yellow.

Madder contains two closely allied colouring matters, namely, alizarin and purpurin.

This is alizarin, the coloring matter contained in the madder root.

In addition to alizarin, other anthracene derivatives are of industrial importance.

The only dyes in this group which appear somewhat behind the rest in point of fastness are purpurin and alizarin maroon.

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