Look up: Carmine

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   Carmine
   Carmine is a red colouring derived from the cochineal insect. It was first prepared by a Franciscan monk at Pisa and manufacture began in 1650.
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   Carmine
   Carmine is a city in Fayette County Texas, USA
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   carmine
   [v] - color carmine
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   Carmine
   Natural red pigment obtained from cochineal
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   Carmine
   Car'mine noun [ French carmin (cf. Spanish carmin , Italian carminio ), contr. from Late Latin carmesinus purple color. See Crimson .] 1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. 2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. 3. (Chemistry) The essential colori ...
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   carmine
   <chemical> Colouring matter from the insect coccus cacti l. It is used in foods, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, etc., as a dye, and also has use as a microscopic stain and biological marker. ... Pharmacological action: dyes, food colouring agents. ... Chemical name: 2-Anthracenecarboxylic acid, 7-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9,10-dihydro-3,5,6,8-tetrahy ...
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   carmine
   verb color carmine
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   Carmine
   `Carmine` `Carmine` , also called `Crimson Lake`, `Cochineal`, `Natural Red 4`, `C.I. 75470` or `E120`, is a pigment of a bright red color obtained from the carminic acid produced by some scale insects, such as the cochineal and the Polish cochineal, and is used as a general term for a particularly deep red color. Carmine is used in the manufacture of artificial flowers, paints, rouge, cosmetics, food additives, and crimson ink.
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   Carmine
   • (n.) A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. • (n.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. • (n.) A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in mini...
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    carmine
    red or purplish-red pigment obtained from cochineal (q.v.), a red dyestuff extracted from the dried bodies of certain female scale insects native to ... [1 related articles]
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    Carmine
    Carmine is a Italian boy name. The meaning of the name is `Golden and Sweet` Where is it used? The name Carmine is mainly used In Italian.How do they say it elsewhere? Carmen ( In Spanish and In English) Carmo ( In Portuguese) Carmela ( In Italian and In Spanish) Carmina ( In Italian) Carmella ( In English) For the opposite sex use: In Spanish: Carmelo (M) I
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    carmine
    Red coloring matter used as a histology stain produced from coccinellin derived from cochineal; treatment of coccinellin with alum forms an aluminum lake of carminic acid, the essential constituent of carmine. [Mediev. L. carminus, contr. fr. carmisinus, fr. Ar. qirmiz, the cochineal insect]
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