Category:Safranin

Saf"ra*nin, n. (chem.) (a) an orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [r.] (b) a red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in Dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, china lake, and carthamin. (c) an orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of Creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.