Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Iodine
involve (-d, involving, -s)iris
iodine, n. [Fr. iode < Gk. violet-colored.] (webplay: bluish, color).
Red-purple medicine; dense vapor of a deep violet color; [fig.] violet; vibrant purple; coloring of the sunset.
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