Solferino

2 definitions found

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

  Solferino \Sol`fe*ri"no\, n.
     A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the
     dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in
     Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its
     discovery.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  solferino
       n 1: a purplish pink dye was discovered in 1859, the year a
            battle was fought at Solferino [syn: {purplish pink}]
       2: an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and
          Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under
          Francis Joseph I [syn: {battle of Solferino}]