Definition of Lac dye. Meaning of Lac dye. Synonyms of Lac dye

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Definition of Lac dye

Lac dye
, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance. Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers. Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree Croton lacciferum, resembling lac. Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac. Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum. Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.

Meaning of Lac dye from wikipedia

- main source of lac, a resin which can be refined into s****ac and other products. This insect is native to Asia. Kerria lacca produces a dye and a wax as...
- dye for wool and silk. In China, it is a traditional dye for leather goods. Lac for dye has been somewhat replaced by the emergence of synthetic dyes...
- term Lac Dye comes from English "dye" means paint dye. This pigment is mostly found in South and South-East Asia. Laccaic acids are mainly used to dye natural...
- structures are carminic acid (in cochineal dyes), kermesic acid (in kermes dye) and laccaic acids (in lac dye). Carminic acid is extracted from the female...
- natural dyes currently po****r with craft dyers and the global fashion industry include: Cochineal insect (red) Cow urine (Indian yellow) Lac insect (red...
- officers' coats. Various dye sources were used for these middle quality reds, but lac dye, extracted from a kind of scale insect "lac insects" which produce...
- a crucial host for the lac bug (Laccifer lacca), which creates s****ac. It produces the most lac sticks per hectare of any lac tree. The bark produces...
- resin that is harvested and converted commercially into lac and s****ac, used in various dyes, cosmetics, food glazes, wood finishing varnishes and polishes...
- Gram-positive bacteria), crystal violet dye (which also inhibits certain Gram-positive bacteria), and neutral red dye (which turns pink if the microbes are...
- commodities they produce (like silk, honey, lac or insect tea), or for them themselves; to be used as food, as feed, as a dye, and otherwise. Silkworms, the caterpillars...