[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.
1865. Reader, 23 Sept., 354/1. An alcoholic solution of aniline red and fuchsine.
1883. West. Daily Press, 22 Oct. Apple, foreign seeds, and currants well mixed, and tinctured with fuchsine, are frequently palmed off as raspberry jam.