Căr'ba-zōt'ic, a.

a. [From carbon and azote, q. v.] (Chem.) Produced by the decomposition of different substances, as carbolic acid, indigo, salicine, silk, aloes, &c., by means of nitric acid; — applied to an acid which consists of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and which, when used for dyeing, gives a fine straw-colored yellow to silk and woolen fabrics. It is also called picric acid, and nitro-picric acid.

Gregory.