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Magenta : adj : deep purplish red
(noun)
1: a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year
of the battle of Magenta [syn: fuchsia]
2: a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces
under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis
Joseph I [syn: Magenta, Battle of Magenta]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Magenta : \Ma*gen"ta\, n. (Chem.)
An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a
green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of
red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in
allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye
was discovered. Called also fuchsine, rose["i]ne, etc.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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