fleminginn.
/flɛˈmɪndʒɪn/ Chemistry.
A crystalline compound, C12H12O3, obtained from Flemingia (= Moghania) congesta and used esp. as a yellow dye for silk.
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1898 A. G. Perkin in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 73 661 Flemingin, which is the name proposed for the substance thus obtained, is a dull, orange-red, crystalline powder, having a faint lustre.
1943 A. H. Cook tr. F. Mayer Chem. Nat. Coloring Matters iv. 258 Flemingin is obtained from waras.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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