- dicarbocyanine
- \\“+\ noun
or dicarbocyanine dye
Etymology: di- + carb- + cyanine: any of certain cyanine dyes in whose structure the two heterocyclic rings are joined by a five-carbon chain (as . CH−CH . CH−CH . CH−); specifically : such a dye containing two quinoline rings — called also pentamethine
Useful english dictionary. 2012.