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anatron

anatron noun: native carbonate of soda; natron.

Noun

anatron (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) native carbonate of soda; natron
  2. (obsolete) sandiver
  3. (obsolete) saltpetre

Origin of anatron

From French anatron, an old variant of natron, from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “nitre”) by way of Spanish natrón and Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn).

Questions about anatron

What does anatron mean?
Anatron means native carbonate of soda; natron.
What part of speech is anatron?
Anatron is a noun.

Words near anatron in the dictionary

  1. anatreptic
  2. anatreptically
  3. anatripsis
  4. anatripsology
  5. anatriptic
  6. anatron
  7. anatropal
  8. anatrophic
  9. anatropia
  10. anatropic
  11. anatropical

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