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alizarin

  • /əˈlɪzəɹɪn/ UK

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Borrowed from French alizarine, corresponding to alizari + -in.

noun alizarins · alizarine

  1. countable, uncountable A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye. glass headed pins, oil-golds and copper greens, anthracite blues, alizarins,

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noun 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone

中文茜素 qiànsù
Portuguêsalizarina, garança
Françaisalizarine
DeutschAlizarin
Italianoalizarina

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@misc{alizarin_2026,
  title = {alizarin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alizarin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}