English dictionary

solferino

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino

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Synonyms purplish pink

Source: WordNet 3.0
an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

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Synonyms battle of solferino

Source: WordNet 3.0
A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.

noun

Source: webster1913