[mass noun](Chemistry)a red pigment present in madder root, used in dyeing (化)茜素
Alternative name: 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone; Chem. formula: C14H8O4 又名: 2-双羟蒽醌; 化学分子式: C14H8O4 ■[as modifier]denoting dyes derived from or similar to this pigment (类)茜素颜料 alizarin crimson. 茜素红。
语源
mid 19th cent.: from French alizarine, from alizari 'madder', from Arabic al-‘isra 'pressed juice', from ‘asara 'to press fruit'