An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Jackanapes
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A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, orotherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life.[Colloq., Australia]
Jackanapes meaning & definition 1 of Jackanapes.
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Jackanapes: Definition 1. Noun - Someone unimportant but cheeky in manner.
Jackanapes meaning & definition 2 of Jackanapes.
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