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RATSBANE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
Synonyms:
arsenic; arsenic trioxide; arsenous anhydride; arsenous oxide; ratsbane; white arsenic
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Hypernyms ("ratsbane" is a kind of...):
trioxide (an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule)