vesuvine

English

Etymology

Originally a trade name.

Noun

vesuvine (usually uncountable, plural vesuvines)

1. A brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene.

Synonyms

• Bismarck brown
• Manchester brown

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vesuvine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)