green vitriol
green vitriol noun: synonym of iron(II) sulfate (FeSO₄).
Noun
green vitriol (uncountable)
- Synonym of iron(II) sulfate (FeSO₄).
- In the coal district of Ou-ma-too, a manufacture of sulphate of iron, or green vitriol, is established. A quantity of hepatic iron pyrites, mixed with an equal amount of coal, both being broken into small similar-sized fragments, is accumulated into a pyramidal form, and coated carefully over with...1800, George Newenham Wright et al., China..., page 65
- Synonyms:
- iron(II) sulfate
green vitriol meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam
green vitriol in Hindi
- green vitriol, copperas
- कसीस kasīs
green vitriol in Tamil
- அன்னபேதி, அன்ன பேதி, பச்சைத்துத்தம்
green vitriol in Malayalam
- അന്നഭേദി
Synonyms of green vitriol
Questions about green vitriol
- What does green vitriol mean?
- Green vitriol means synonym of iron(II) sulfate (FeSO₄).
- What is green vitriol in Hindi?
- Green vitriol in Hindi is कसीस (kasīs). See Green vitriol meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is green vitriol?
- Green vitriol is a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: green vitriol (page history and authors); कसीस (Hindi) (page history and authors); green vitriol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); green vitriol (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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