erythrosine

English

Noun

erythrosine (countable and uncountable, plural erythrosines)

1. (chemistry) tetraiodo-fluorescein, a cherry-pink fluorone used as a food colouring, in printing inks, and as a biological stain, a dental plaque disclosing agent and a radiopaque medium.

Synonyms

• E127 when used as a food colouring

Translations

food coloring

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赤蘚紅／赤藓红 (chìxiǎnhóng)