In"du*line (?), n. [Perh. fr. indigo.] Chem. (a)
Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet.
(b)
A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline black.
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