Home › Words › R › rubinerubine/ˈɹuː.bin/rubine means of a deep, red color; ruby-red.rubine is pronounced /ˈɹuː.bin/.EtymologyFrom Medieval Latin rubīnus (“carbuncle, ruby”). Doublet of ruby.adjOf a deep, red color; ruby-red.nounA reddish aniline dye.A ruby.e.g.“Some [wines] deepe empurpled as the hyacine , Some as the rubine” — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.rubiretin 73% match — One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, probably identical with ruberythrinic acid. vs rubine →rubian 70% match — One of several colour-producing glycosides found in madder root. vs rubine →azorubine 67% match — a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods vs rubine →rosaniline 66% match — An organic base, C₂₀H₁₉N₃, used to make the dye fuchsine vs rubine →rubineous 66% match — Of a glassy semitransparent crimson, like a ruby. vs rubine →rubiacin 64% match — A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid. vs rubine →rubedinous 64% match — reddish vs rubine →rosindole 64% match — A red indole dye vs rubine →