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POTASSIUM BICARBONATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid
Synonyms:
potassium acid carbonate; potassium bicarbonate; potassium hydrogen carbonate
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Hypernyms ("potassium bicarbonate" is a kind of...):
bicarbonate; hydrogen carbonate (a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate)