A-lĭz'a-rīne, n.

(-reen), n. [Fr. alizarine, from alizari, the commercial name of madder in the Levant; Fr. alizari, Sp. alizari, lizari, from the same Arabic root as azure, with the article al. See AZURE.] (Chem.) A peculiar coloring principle, obtained from madder. Brande.