tricarbocyanine

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tricarbocyanine (plural tricarbocyanines)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of cyanine dyes, in which two heterocycles are connected by a =CH−CH=CH−CH=CH−CH=CH− bridge, the central three carbon atoms being part of a cyclopentadiene ring