An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. (R.)
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A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.
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An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.
... fixed in various fluids—Flemming's strong solution, Hermann's platino-aceto-osmic, Gilson's mercuro-nitric, Lenhossek's alcoholic sublimate acetic, and corrosive acetic. Flemming's and Hermann's fluids followed by safranin gave good results in most cases. The mercuro-nitric solution and Lenhossek's fluid gave excellent fixation and were preferable to the osmic mixtures when it was desirable to stain the same material with iron-haematoxylin, and also ... — Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) • Nettie Maria Stevens
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