Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brasilin \Bras"i*lin\, n. [Cf. F. br['e]siline. See 2d
   {Brazil}.] (Chem.)
   A substance, {C16H14O5}, extracted from brazilwood as a
   yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure. It is
   colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air,
   being oxidized to