murexide

[ myoo-rek-sahyd, -sid ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a reddish-purple, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C8H8N6O6, having a green luster, formerly used as a dye.

Origin of murexide

1
First recorded in 1830–40; murex + -ide

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