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cold food powder

cold food powder noun: a psychoactive drug composed of various minerals and herbs, used in ancient China both medicinally and recreationally.

Noun

cold food powder (uncountable)

  1. A psychoactive drug composed of various minerals and herbs, used in ancient China both medicinally and recreationally.

Origin of cold food powder

Calque of Chinese 寒食散 (hánshísǎn)

Questions about cold food powder

What does cold food powder mean?
Cold food powder means a psychoactive drug composed of various minerals and herbs, used in ancient China both medicinally and recreationally.
What part of speech is cold food powder?
Cold food powder is a noun.

Words near cold food powder in the dictionary

  1. cold fires
  2. cold fish
  3. cold fishes
  4. cold flour
  5. cold flow
  6. cold food powder
  7. cold forming
  8. cold frame
  9. cold frames
  10. cold front
  11. cold fronts

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