— hematoxylic /hee'meuh tok sil"ik, hem'euh-/ , adj.
/hee'meuh tok"seuh lin, hem'euh-/ , n.
a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
[ 1840-50; HEMATO- + XYL- + -IN 2 ]