Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fuchsine \Fuch"sine\, n. [Named by the French inventor, from
   Fuchs a fox, the German equivalent of his own name, Renard.]
   (Chem.)
   Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic
   green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when
   dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a
   hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See {Rosaniline}.