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(n.) 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 fuchsine, roseine, etc.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Magenta'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/magenta.html. 1828.
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