aurantia

noun

au·​ran·​tia

ȯˈranch(ē)ə

plural -s

: 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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin aurant-, aurans (present participle of aurare to gild, from aurum gold) + New Latin -ia

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