(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:05:19

Mauve"ine (?), n. Chem.

An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms.

[Written also mauvine.]

 

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