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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MAUVEINE

MAUVEINE Mauve "ïne, n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms. [Written also mauvine. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

mauveine

mauveine |ˈməʊviːn | ▶noun another term for mauve ( sense 2 of the noun ).