purpurin
English
Alternative forms
- purpurine
Noun
purpurin (countable and uncountable, plural purpurins)
- A red anthraquinone dye, extracted from madder, that is used as a biological stain
- (biochemistry) A protein of the lipocalin family
- (historical) A brownish or deep red decorative glass used in ancient times
French
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Adjective
purpurin (feminine purpurine, masculine plural purpurins, feminine plural purpurines)
- purplish
Further reading
- “purpurin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.