viridine
(ˈvɪrɪdaɪn)
Also -in.
[f. as viridic a. + -ine. Cf. F. viridine.]
1. Bot. = chlorophyll, chromule.
| 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lex. 59 The pulp constituting the parenchyma of the leaves was at one time designated by the appellation of viridine, because it is generally of a green colour. 1859 Mayne Expos. Lex. s.v. |
2. Dyeing. A green aniline dye (see quots.).
| 1875 Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 720 Viridine. A green dye has been obtained..by acting on rosolic acid with aniline and benzoic acid. 1882 Nature XXV. 546 R. Meldola..investigates the action of benzyl chloride upon diphenylamine, and the action of oxidising agents upon the product. The substance thus produced is a green dye, ‘viridin’. |
3. Chem. = viridia, jervine.
| 1877 H. Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 12) II. 610 Parvoline,..Coridine,..Rubidine,..Viridine. (C12H19N.) 1886 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 604/1 The viridine and veratroidine of Bullock are now supposed to have been impure conditions of jervine and rubijervine respectively. 1888 H. C. Wood Therap. (ed. 7) 392 The root-stock of Veratrum viride..contains two alkaloids, jervine and veratroidine... Dr. George B. Wood named them viridine and veratroidine. |