SAFFRANINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saffranine mean? 

• SAFFRANINE (noun)
  The noun SAFFRANINE has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

  Familiarity information: SAFFRANINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAFFRANINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

saffranine; safranin; safranine

Hypernyms ("saffranine" is a kind of...):

dye; dyestuff (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saffranine"):

pheno-safranine (a purplish red water-soluble dye used in microscopy)