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Definition of: mauvein
(mō′vin) noun Chem.
A coal–tar violet dyestuff, C27H24N4, obtained by oxidizing aniline: the first aniline dye of commerce. Also mauve·ine (mō′vin, -vēn). [<MAUVE]
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