Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for crocein. Search instead for crocethia.

crocein

American  
[kroh-see-in] / ˈkroʊ si ɪn /
Also croceine

noun

Chemistry.

  1. any of several acid azo dyes producing orange or scarlet colors.

crocein British  
/ ˈkrəʊsɪɪn /

noun

  1. any one of a group of red or orange acid azo dyes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of crocein

< Latin croce ( us ) saffron-colored ( crocus, -eous ) + -in 2

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.