Etymology

nigrine

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Today it means: A black ferruginous variety of rutile, or a compound of rutile and ilmenite. Full definition →

Latin niger
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  1. Latin · derived fromniger“black”
  2. English todaynigrine

Latin niger (“black”): compare French nigrine.

Words from the same roots

Latinniger all →

nigerannigranilinenigritenigrosine

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