[syn: Solferino, battle of Solferino]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Solferino \Sol`fe*ri"no\, n.
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
solferino
n 1: a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle
was fought at Solferino [syn: solferino, purplish pink]
2: an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and
Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis
Joseph I [syn: Solferino, battle of Solferino]