n :  either of two acid dyes or their sodium salts that are derivatives of eosin and are used chiefly as biological stains and organic pigments:  a  :  one containing two atoms of chlorine in each molecule - called also phloxine B   b  :  one containing four atoms of chlorine in each molecule .
 
   
 
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