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Tropaeolin
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; - so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropaeolum).
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tropaeolin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tropaeolin.html. 1828.