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COPPER SULFATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide
Synonyms:
copper sulfate; copper sulphate; cupric sulfate; cupric sulphate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("copper sulfate" is a kind of...):
sulfate; sulphate (a salt or ester of sulphuric acid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copper sulfate"):
blue copperas; blue stone; blue vitriol; chalcanthite (hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate)