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Definition: paeonin
Corallin
\Cor"al*lin\, n. [So named in allusion to the color of
red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.)
A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of
rosolic acid. See
Aurin, and
Rosolic acid under
Rosolic.
[1913 Webster]
Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating
aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also
p[ae]onin.
Yellow corallin. See
Aurin.
[1913 Webster]