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green copperas

green copperas noun: synonym of iron(II) sulfate.

Noun

green copperas

  1. (archaic) Synonym of iron(II) sulfate.

Synonyms of green copperas

Origin of green copperas

From the historical and less precise sense of copperas as inclusive of any metallic sulfate, with the distinguishing color of its iron form.

Questions about green copperas

What does green copperas mean?
Green copperas means synonym of iron(II) sulfate.
What part of speech is green copperas?
Green copperas is a noun.

Words near green copperas in the dictionary

  1. green coffers
  2. green collar
  3. green colonialism
  4. green con
  5. green cons
  6. green copperas
  7. green cormorant
  8. green cormorants
  9. green corn
  10. green corns
  11. green corridor

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