purpurin (English, noun)
expansion: purpurin (countable and uncountable, plural purpurins)
Senses:
glosses: A red anthraquinone dye, extracted from madder, that is used as a biological stain
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein of the lipocalin family
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A brownish or deep red decorative glass used in ancient times
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
Forms:
form: purpurins
tags: plural
form: purpurine
tags: alternative