FERROCYANIDE

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Meaning:

Salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ferrocyanide" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ferrocyanide"):

potassium ferrocyanide; yellow prussiate of potash (a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners)