pelargonin

noun

pel·​ar·​go·​nin

plural -s

: an anthocyanin that is extracted from the dried petals of red pelargoniums or blue cornflowers or various dahlias in the form of its red crystalline chloride C₂₇H₃₁ClO₁₅, that changes to the blue sodium salt C₂₇H₂₉O₁₅Na if made alkaline, and that is a diglucoside of pelargonidin

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary pelargonic + -in

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