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Meanings of mauve in English
Chemical compound and synthetic dye.
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Examples for "mauveine"
Examples for "mauveine"
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Despite the grand allusion, Perkin in 1859 renamed the color mauve (inspired by the mallow flower) and the dye mauveine.
2
Again, the base known as mauve, or mauveine, has a composition shown by the formula C_{27}H_{24}N_{4}.
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Among them are aniline violet, iodine violet, madder, alkanet, orchil and logwood.
2
Recipe to Make Violet Ink.-Ordinaryaniline violet soluble in water, with a little alcohol and glycerine, makes an excellent ink.
Usage of mauve in English
1
He finally rounds up a mauve number which he takes with him.
2
Mrs. Gray, in an attractive mauve house-gown, came in from the kitchen.
3
In the sky, splinters of mauve tore at curtains of purplish flame.
4
Several rivers traced bright silver threads across the mauve and jade vegetation.
5
The images dim to an impotent mauve and the stage act begins.
6
But the mauve color kept making him think it was too cold.
7
Madge, robed in the mauve gown, refused to have her hair touched.
8
Enormous, iridescent wings of violet and mauve fanned the air behind her.
9
Beyond that, it disappeared into the misty mauve shadows along the lake.
10
Audrey slipped the mauve ribbon off the box and lifted the lid.
11
A spot the size of a quarter appeared on Sampson's mauve carpet.
12
I noticed his silk tie was the exact mauve of his shirt.
13
Her breasts were full, their swollen mauve tips begging for his attention.
14
Mrs. Franklin Kinney wore a rich mauve satin beneath point applique lace.
15
Clouds, yellow, mauve and blue, hung ominously over the road to Nancy.
16
Plucking and tossing a mauve mophead, Dad walks through the garden gate.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common