Cyanine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cyanine \Cy"a*nine\ (s?"?-n?n or -n?n; 104), n. (Chem.)
     One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from
     quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.
     [1913 Webster]