Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called
rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass,
C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also
methyl aurin, and, formerly,
corallin. [
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