alizaric (alizarik)

In chem., of or pertaining to alizari, or madder: as, alizaric acid. alizarin (al-i-zä'rin), n. [F. alizarine, crystals. It is now artificially prepared on a large scale from anthracene (C14H10), a product of the distillation of coal-tar. It forms yellowish-red crystals insoluble in water, difficultly soluble in alcohol, but readily soluble in alkalis, In bot . , resembling an alismad; like plants of giving to the solution a purplish-red color and beautiful flu the genus Alisma.