fast scarlet R base

noun

often capitalized F&S

: an orange-red crystalline amine CH₃OC₆H₃(NO₂)NH₂ that is often sold in the form of its stabilized diazonium complex salt with zinc chloride and is used in producing azoic dyes; 4-nitro-ortho-anisidine

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