alizarin.

1. An orange or red crystalline compound used to make red dyes and pigments.

2. A dye belonging to a group resembling alizarin in dyeing properties or chemical derivation.

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Words that belong together

• alizarin pigment
• synthetic alizarin
• alizarin crystals

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The laboratory identified alizarin in the red sample.

The painter mixed alizarin into the darker part of the wash.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / image-rich description. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Usually uncountable for the compound. Countable related dyes: singular alizarin; plural alizarins. Commonness: uncommon (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Positive complete lexical/medical excerpts: orange/red crystalline red-dye/pigment compound, formerly from madder and also made synthetically. Variant alizarine. Broader class of dyes similar in properties or derivation recorded separately. Individually checked for a distinct image, texture, sound, taste, smell, visual-perception or artistic function. Definitions/examples are original; sensory strength is not assumed to imply emotion. Writing functions: precise red colorant identification, distinguishing compound and dye class.