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helianthin

CIDE DICTIONARY

helianthinn. [Prob. fr. L. helianthes, or NL. helianthus, sunflower, in allusion to its color.].
     An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.  [1913 Webster]

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