violaniline

English

Etymology

Blend of violet +‎ aniline

Noun

violaniline (usually uncountable, plural violanilines)

1. (chemistry) An induline dyestuff made from aniline and formerly used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “violaniline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)