purpurine

== English == === Noun === purpurine (countable and uncountable, plural purpurines) (rare) uroerythrin Alternative spelling of purpurin. ==== Usage notes ==== Purpurine is the name given to uroerythrin by Golding Bird in 1834 but is now rarely used. The name given by Franz Simon in 1840, uroerythrin, is the more common. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === purpurine f (plural purpurines) purpurine === Further reading === “purpurine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012