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aurantia
noun
au·ran·tia
\ȯˈranch(ē)ə\
Definition of aurantia
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: a poisonous red-brown crystalline alcohol-soluble dye C12H8N8O12 used in biological staining, in desensitizing photographic plates, and in colored photographic filters —the ammonium salt of hexanitrodiphenylamine
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Origin and Etymology of aurantia
New Latin, from Latin aurant-, aurans (present participle of aurare to gild, from aurum gold) + New Latin -ia
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