safranin

Any of a family of dyes based on phenazine, used in the textile industry and as a biological stain.

An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.

A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; — called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.

An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.

A biological stain used in histology and cytology.

any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes