fuchsine
(ˈfuːksɪn)
[f. fuchs-ia + -ine. Named from its resemblance to the colour of the flower.]
A salt of rosaniline, crystallizing in iridescent green tablets, soluble in water and forming a deep red liquid; used as a dye.
| 1865 Reader 23 Sept. 354/1 An alcoholic solution of aniline red and fuchsine. 1883 West. Daily Press 22 Oct., Apple, foreign seeds, and currants well mixed, and tinctured with fuchsine, are frequently palmed off as..raspberry jam. |