- tricarbocyanine
- \\“+\ noun
or tricarbocyanine dye
Etymology: tri- + carbocyanine: any of a class of cyanine dyes in whose structure the two heterocyclic rings are joined by a seven-carbon chain (as . CH−CH . CH−CH . CH−CH . CH−); especially : any such dye containing two quinoline rings
Useful english dictionary. 2012.