"purpurin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: purpurins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} purpurin (countable and uncountable, plural purpurins)
  1. A red anthraquinone dye, extracted from madder, that is used as a biological stain Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dyes
    Sense id: en-purpurin-en-noun-XFQt1od8 Disambiguation of Dyes: 61 18 21
  2. (biochemistry) A protein of the lipocalin family Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-purpurin-en-noun-VWUWIz~n Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (historical) A brownish or deep red decorative glass used in ancient times Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-purpurin-en-noun-HA87vtde Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -in Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 25 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 34 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in: 18 21 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: purpurine

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