\Fuch"sine\, n. [Named by the French inventor, from
Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard.]
(Chem.)
Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic
green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when
dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a
hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See {Rosaniline}.