noun
or fuch·sin ˈfyüks]ə̇n, -kˌs]ēn also ˈfyü(ˌ)sh] or ˈfük(ˌ)s]
( -s )
Etymology: French fuchsine, probably from fuchsia (from New Latin Fuchsia ) + -ine; from its color
1. often capitalized : a triphenylmethane dye that is made usually in the form of the chloride by oxidation of a mixture of aniline and toluidines, that gives a brilliant bluish red solution and dyes wool or silk directly or mordanted cotton, but is used chiefly in coloring paper and as a biological stain — called also magenta, rosaniline ; see dye table I (under Basic Violet 14 and Solvent Red 41 ); compare acid fuchsine , new fuchsine , para fuchsine
2. : fuchsia 3