hematinon

English

Alternative forms

• haematinon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἱμάτινος (haimátinos, “like blood”), from αἷμα (haîma).

Noun

hematinon (uncountable)

1. A red pigment consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with copper oxide and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hematinon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• anthemion