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Paris green

Paris green noun: copper(II) acetoarsenite, a highly toxic blue-green compound used as a pigment, colorant, insecticide and rodenticide.

Noun

Paris green (countable and uncountable, plural Paris greens)

  1. Copper(II) acetoarsenite, a highly toxic blue-green compound used as a pigment, colorant, insecticide and rodenticide.

Adjective

Paris green (not comparable)

  1. Of a shade of pale green, originally produced with copper(II) acetoarsenite.

Paris green meaning in Tamil

Paris green in Tamil

பரிசுப்பச்சை

Forms of Paris green

pluralParis greens

Questions about Paris green

What does Paris green mean?
Paris green means copper(II) acetoarsenite, a highly toxic blue-green compound used as a pigment, colorant, insecticide and rodenticide.
What is Paris green in Tamil?
Paris green in Tamil is பரிசுப்பச்சை. See Paris green meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Paris green?
Paris green can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Paris green?
The plural of Paris green is Paris greens.

Words near Paris green in the dictionary

  1. Paris Blue
  2. Paris daisies
  3. Paris daisy
  4. Paris doll
  5. Paris dolls
  6. Paris green
  7. Paris greens
  8. Paris of the East
  9. Paris syndrome
  10. Paris tea
  11. Paris white

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Paris green (page history and authors); paris green (Tamil 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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