solferino Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
    purplish pink.
  2. noun an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
    battle of Solferino.

WordNet

Sol`fe*ri"no noun
Definitions
  1. A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.

Webster 1913