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CIDE DICTIONARY
mure | murenger | murenoid | murex | murexan | murexide | murexoïn | muriate | muriated | muriatic | muriatic acid

murexide

CIDE DICTIONARY

murexiden. [L. murex the purple fish, purple.].
     A crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H8N6O6, 5-5'-nitrilodibarbituric acid monoammonium salt) having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. It is now synthesized from alloxan. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate.  [1913 Webster]

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