Fuchsin

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

  magenta \ma*gen"ta\ (m[.a]*j[e^]n"t[.a]), n. (Chem.)
     An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a
     green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of
     red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in
     allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye
     was discovered. Called also {fuchsin}, {fuchsine}, {roseine},


     etc.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The purplish-red color of magenta.
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