munjistine

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English

Noun

munjistine (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A yellow pigment found in munjeet.
    • 1867, Andrew Ure, ‎Robert Hunt, Ure's dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines
      The excess of the bisulphide of carbon having been removed by distillation, the bright red extract, consisting chiefly of a mixture of munjistine and purpurine, is treated repeatedly with moderate quantities of boiling water and filtered.