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Schweinfurt green

Schweinfurt green is the alternative form of Paris green.

Meaning of Paris green

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.

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Origin of Schweinfurt green

Named after the city in which it was first made, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Questions about Schweinfurt green

What is Schweinfurt green the alternative form of?
Schweinfurt green is the alternative form of Paris green.

Words near Schweinfurt green in the dictionary

  1. Schweigerts
  2. Schweikart
  3. Schweikert
  4. Schweikerts
  5. Schweinfurt
  6. Schweinfurt green
  7. schweinfurthin
  8. schweinfurthins
  9. Schweinhundt
  10. Schweinhundts
  11. schweinshaxe

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