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Vegetable adjective colours are Brazil wood, containing the dye-generating principle Brasilin, logwood, containing Hæmatein, and santal-wood, camwood, and barwood, containing Santalin. Animal adjective colours are cochineal and lac dye.
Watson Smith - The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing: Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association

After biting the thick end, he observed: "This is undoubtedly santulum, of the natural order Santalaceae. From it is produced santalin, with which certain tinctures are made. It is also used in India for colouring silk and cotton.
William Henry Giles Kingston - The South Sea Whaler
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