purpurine

English

Noun

purpurine (countable and uncountable, plural purpurines)

1. (rare) uroerythrin
2. Alternative spelling of purpurin

Usage notes

• Purpurine is the name given to uroerythrin by Golding Bird in 1834 but is now rarely used. The name given by Franz Simon in 1840, uroerythrin, is the more common.

French

Noun

purpurine f (plural purpurines)

1. purpurine

Further reading

• “purpurine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.