MAGENTA
\məd͡ʒˈɛntə], \mədʒˈɛntə], \m_ə_dʒ_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
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An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.
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An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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