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butter of arsenic

butter of arsenic noun: the compound arsenic trichloride.

Noun

butter of arsenic (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The compound arsenic trichloride.

Questions about butter of arsenic

What does butter of arsenic mean?
Butter of arsenic means the compound arsenic trichloride.
What part of speech is butter of arsenic?
Butter of arsenic is a noun.

Words near butter of arsenic in the dictionary

  1. butter mountains
  2. butter muslin
  3. butter my butt and call it a biscuit
  4. butter my butt and call me a biscuit
  5. butter of antimony
  6. butter of arsenic
  7. butter of tin
  8. butter of zinc
  9. butter oil
  10. butter one's bread and lie in it
  11. butter one's bread on both sides

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