munjistine

English

Noun

munjistine (uncountable)

1. (dated) A yellow pigment found in munjeet.
   • 1867, Andrew Ure, Robert Hunt, Ure's dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines:

     The excess of the bisulphide of carbon having been removed by distillation, the bright red extract, consisting chiefly of a mixture of munjistine and purpurine, is treated repeatedly with moderate quantities of boiling water and filtered.