tropaeolin Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tro*pæ"o*lin noun (Also<
  • Tropaeolin
  • Tropæolin
)
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropæolum).

Webster 1913