solferino

n 1: a purplish pink dye was discovered in 1859, the year a

battle was fought at Solferino [syn: {purplish pink}]

2: an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and

Sardinians under Emperor Napoleon III and the Austrians

under Emperor Francis Joseph I [syn: {Solferino}, {battle

of Solferino}]