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red dye

any of several artificial red pigments added to cosmetics or food: dyes number two and number four are banned by the FDA as possible carcinogenic additives

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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