purpurine

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English

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Noun

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purpurine (countable and uncountable, plural purpurines)

  1. (rare) uroerythrin
  2. Alternative spelling of purpurin

Usage notes

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  • Purpurine is the name given to uroerythrin by Golding Bird in 1834 but is now rarely used. The name given by Franz Simon in 1840, uroerythrin, is the more common.

French

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Noun

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purpurine f (plural purpurines)

  1. purpurine

Further reading

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