Organic pigment

An insoluble dry substance, usually pulverized, that becomes a paint, ink, dye, or stain when suspended in a liquid vehicle. Also, a coloring matter or substance. See carbon ...

pigment

Art history; Visual arts

A substance, organic or synthetic, used in coloring, often in the form of fine powders mixed within some suspending medium or vehicle.

pigment

Plants; Plant pathology

A colored compound, such as chlorophyll, in the cells of plants or fungi.

pigment

Printing & publishing; Paper

Substance, usually mineral or inorganic compounds, used to give paper its color.

aldohexose

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A hexose, such as glucose or mannose, containing the aldehyde group.

benzophenone

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 6 H 5 COC 6 H 6 A diphenyl ketone, boiling point 305.9_C, occurring in four polymorphic forms (_, _, _, and _) each with different melting point; used as a constituent of ...

cellulose nitrate

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

Any of several esters of nitric acid, produced by treating cotton or some other form of cellulose with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids; used as explosive and propellant. ...

diamide

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A molecule that has two amide (_CONH 2 ) groups.

agaric acid

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 19 H 36 (OH)(COOH) 3 An acid with melting point 141°C; soluble in water, insoluble in benzene; used as an irritant. Also known as agaricin.

benzidine

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

NH 2 C 6 H 4 C 6 H 4 NH 2 An aromatic amine with a melting point of 128_C; used as an intermediate in syntheses of direct dyes for cotton.

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Zombie ants

Ants with their mind controlled by parasitic fungi. The fungus species of Ophiocordyceps can inject fungal cells into an ant's head to take over its ...