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Scheele's green

Scheele's green noun: a toxic cupric hydrogen arsenite with a greenish-yellow hue, formerly used in paints.

Noun

Scheele's green (uncountable)

  1. A toxic cupric hydrogen arsenite with a greenish-yellow hue, formerly used in paints.

Origin of Scheele's green

After Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who invented it in 1775.

Questions about Scheele's green

What does Scheele's green mean?
Scheele's green means a toxic cupric hydrogen arsenite with a greenish-yellow hue, formerly used in paints.
What part of speech is Scheele's green?
Scheele's green is a noun.

Words near Scheele's green in the dictionary

  1. schedulized
  2. schedulizes
  3. schedulizing
  4. Scheel
  5. Scheele
  6. Scheele's green
  7. Scheeler
  8. Scheelers
  9. scheelin
  10. scheelite
  11. scheelites

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