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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]