phenicine

== English == === Etymology === Ancient Greek purple red: compare French phénicine. === Noun === phenicine (uncountable) (chemistry) A purple powder precipitated when a sulphuric solution of indigo is diluted with water. (chemistry) A colouring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric acid and sulphuric acid on phenylic alcohol. === References === 1868-1881, Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry