chromotrope

noun

chro·​mo·​trope

variants or less commonly chromotrop

-äp

plural -s

often capitalized

: any of several acid dyes

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary chrom- + -trope; originally formed as German chromotrop

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