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aurantia

noun
au·​ran·​tia | \ ȯˈranch(Ä“)É™\
plural -s

Definition of aurantia

: a poisonous red-brown crystalline alcohol-soluble dye C12H8N8O12 used in biological staining, in desensitizing photographic plates, and in colored photographic filters the ammonium salt of hexanitrodiphenylamine

History and Etymology for aurantia

New Latin, from Latin aurant-, aurans (present participle of aurare to gild, from aurum gold) + New Latin -ia

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