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salt of Venus

salt of Venus noun: copper sulphate.

Noun

salt of Venus (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) copper sulphate

Origin of salt of Venus

Venus was the alchemical name for copper.

Questions about salt of Venus

What does salt of Venus mean?
Salt of Venus means copper sulphate.
What part of speech is salt of Venus?
Salt of Venus is a noun.

Words near salt of Venus in the dictionary

  1. salt of soda
  2. salt of sorrel
  3. salt of tartar
  4. salt of the earth
  5. salt of tin
  6. salt of Venus
  7. salt of vitriol
  8. salt of wisdom
  9. salt of wormwood
  10. salt out
  11. salt pan

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