SAFFRANINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

Synonyms:

saffranine; safranin; safranine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("saffranine" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saffranine"):

pheno-safranine (a purplish red water-soluble dye used in microscopy)