azafranillo

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish.

Noun

azafranillo

1. A Mexican flower (Escobedia scabrifolia) whose roots are the chief source of the orange dye azafrin.
   • 1951, Harry James Deuel, The Lipids: Their Chemistry and Biochemistry, page 601:

     When it is treated with bromine in chloroform, only four double bonds of the azafranillo dyestuff are saturated.

   • 2005, NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers, The Complete book on Natural Dyes & Pigments::

     Azafrin is a naturally occuring orange pigment isolated from azafranillo root (Escobedia scabrifolia).

Derived terms

• azafrin