/fook"sin/ , n.
a greenish, water-soluble, solid, coal-tar derivative, obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of aniline and the toluidines, that forms deep-red solutions: used chiefly as a dye.
Also, fuchsine /fook"sin, -seen/ . Also called basic fuchsin, basic magenta, magenta .
[ 1860-65; FUCHS(IA) + -IN 2 ]