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Tyrian purple (colorant) (natural dye, <dye by composition or origin>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Purple or reddish dye historically made by the ancient Phoenicians using mucus from the hypobranchial gland of either of two species of sea snails.This dye is a rare animal-produced organobromine compound, which the snails make using a specific bromoperoxidase enzyme that operates on dissolved bromide in sea water. Used in Greek and Roman times for dyeing togas and in the Middle Ages for decorating manuscripts. The mollusks secrete a yellowish liquid that oxidizes to a purplish red in bright sunlight; each mollusk only produces one drop of colorant so large numbers were needed to produce enough dye for an entire cloth, making the dye was very expensive.
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| Tyrian purple (colorant) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
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| purple, Tyrian (colorant) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| Murex purple (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| Grecian purple (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| whelk red (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| 蒂爾紫 (著色劑) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| 希臘紫 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| 骨螺紫 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| 古代紫 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| 螺紅 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| 泰爾紅紫 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| dì ěr zǐ (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| di er zi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| ti erh tzu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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| klassiek purper (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| púrpura de Tiro (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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Materials Facet |
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.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ materials (substances) (G) |
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............ <materials by function> (G) |
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................ colorant (material) (G) |
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.................... dye (G) |
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........................ <dye by composition or origin> (G) |
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............................ natural dye (G) |
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................................ Tyrian purple (colorant) (G) |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 一種取自骨螺屬海洋腹足軟體動物的紫色或紅色染料。古希臘和古羅馬時期用作寬外袍的染劑，中世紀時則用為手稿潤色。此軟體動物能分泌出一種淡黃色液體，在陽光下會氧化轉成紫紅色；因為每隻軟體動物僅能粹取出的微量的著色劑，所以需要大量數目才能製造出足夠件衣服使用的染料，價格也因此相當昂貴。 |
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| derived/made from .... |
Bolinus brandaris (species) |
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(Bolinus (genus), Muricidae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300389906] |
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Hexaplex trunculus (species) |
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(Hexaplex (genus), Muricidae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300389908] |
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