Complex sentence: Crystal violet or gentian violet (also known as methyl violet 10B, hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride, or pyoctanin (e)) is a triarylmethane dye used as a histological stain and in Gram's method of classifying bacteria.
Split into simpler sentences: Crystal violet or gentian violet (also known as "methyl violet 10B", "hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride", or "pyoctanin (e)") is a triarylmethane dye. The dye is used as a histological stain and in Gram's method of classifying bacteria.