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magenta definition

ma·genta (mə jen′tə)

noun

  1. fuchsin
  2. purplish red

Etymology: after Magenta, town in Italy: so called because discovered about the time (1859) of the battle fought there

adjective

purplish-red

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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