alizarin

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /əˈlɪzəɹɪn/

Noun

alizarin

1. (organic compound) A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 82:

     In 1883, the German output of alizarin, the brilliant red chemical that imitated natural carmine, reached twelve thousand tons, dwarfing the amount being produced by Perkin's factory in London.

Translations

• French: alizarine
• Italian: alizarina
• Portuguese: alizarina, garança

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