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LITMUS PAPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("litmus paper" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
Meronyms (substance of "litmus paper"):
litmus; litmus test (a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator)
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