[f. FUCHS-IA + -INE. Named from its resemblance to the color of the flower.] A salt of rosaniline, crystallizing in iridescent green tablets, soluble in water and forming a deep red liquid; used as a dye.

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1865.  Reader, 23 Sept., 354/1. An alcoholic solution of aniline red and fuchsine.

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1883.  West. Daily Press, 22 Oct. Apple, foreign seeds, and currants well mixed, and tinctured with fuchsine, are frequently palmed off as … raspberry jam.

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