rhodamine

noun

rho·da·mine ˈrō-də-ˌmēn

often capitalized

: any of a group of yellowish-red to blue fluorescent dyes

especially : a brilliant bluish-red dye made by fusing an amino derivative of phenol with phthalic anhydride and used especially in coloring paper and as a biological stain

Examples of rhodamine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The dye is nontoxic rhodamine that is safe for use in drinking water and salt water. —

Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021 In the photos on this page, researchers with David Kaplan’s Watershed Ecology Lab at the University of Florida used non-toxic rhodamine WT fluorescent dye as a tracer. —

Jennifer Adler, National Geographic, 29 Mar. 2017 In the photos on this page, researchers with David Kaplan’s Watershed Ecology Lab at the University of Florida used non-toxic rhodamine WT fluorescent dye as a tracer. —

Jennifer Adler, National Geographic, 29 Mar. 2017

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